Growth hormone deficiency during young adulthood and the benefits of growth hormone replacement [PDF]
Endocrine Connections, 2016 Until quite recently, the management of children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) had focussed on the use of recombinant human GH (rhGH) therapy to normalise final adult height.
M Ahmid +3 more
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Effect of growth hormone (hGH) replacement therapy on physical work capacity and cardiac and pulmonary function in patients with hGH deficiency acquired in adulthood [PDF]
, 1995 The effects of 6 months of replacement therapy with recombinant human GH (hGH) on physical work capacity and cardiac structure and function were investigated in 20 patients with hGH deficiency of adult onset in a double blind, placebo-controlled trial ...
Ralf Nass
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Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of adults with growth hormone deficiency: Summary statement of the growth hormone research society workshop on adult growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
, 1998 Based on the increasing body of evidence that adults with GH deficiency (somatotropin deficiency) have impaired health that improves with GH replacement, many countries have already approved the use of GH for replacement therapy in adults with GH ...
Clemmons, David +1 more
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Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of growth hormone (GH) deficiency in childhood and adolescence: Summary statement of the GH research society [PDF]
, 2000 The diagnosis and treatment of GH deficiency (GHD) during childhood and adolescence have been the subject of much controversy (1–3). To insure that patients are appropriately identified and treated, the GH Research Society (GRS) convened a workshop, on ...
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Short-term effect of growth hormone treatment in childhood leukemia survivors with growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2022 Purpose Survivors of childhood leukemia are at risk of growth impairment due to intensive chemotherapy and radiation treatments. This study investigated the auxological and biochemical characteristics of childhood leukemia survivors diagnosed with growth
Chungwoo Shin +8 more
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Evaluation of cases with growth hormone deficiency
Acta Medica Alanya, 2019 Aim:The purpose of this study was to elicit data concerning the clinical and laboratory features of children with growth hormone deficiency monitored by the Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Polyclinic in order to produce useful information for ...
Meltem Di̇rek +3 more
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Adult growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2003 Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in adults arises as a consequence of decreased secretion of somatotropin (GH) from the anterior pituitary. The diagnosis of GHD is dependent on the demonstration of a subnormal rise in serum GH in response to one or more dynamic stimulation tests in the presence of co-existing pituitary disease or other pituitary hormone
A M Brooke, John P. Monson
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Quality of life and cognitive function in patients with pituitary insufficiency [PDF]
, 1998 This review is concerned with the psychosocial functioning and the quality of life in patients with pituitary insufficiency who are receiving conventional hormone replacement therapy.
Burman, P., Deijen, J.B.
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Recovery from neurological sequelae secondary to oncological brain surgery in an adult growth hormone-deficient patient after growth hormone treatment [PDF]
, 2009 [Abstract] Objective: To report an unusual case of significant neurological recovery in a 26-year-old growth hormone-deficient female patient with significant neurological sequelae resulting from brain surgery at 11 years of age.
Arce, Víctor Manuel +6 more
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Oman Medical Journal, 2017 Objectives: The use of growth hormone (GH) in idiopathic short stature (ISS) has been a subject of debate for the past two decades. We sought to assess the effect of GH on final height (FH) in patients with ISS in our region, which has a high ...
Shireen Mreish +2 more
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