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Isolated growth hormone deficiency

Pituitary, 2007
Isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) represents conditions of GH deficiency that are not necessarily associated with other pituitary hormone deficiencies or with an organic lesion. Three sub-categories of IGHD have been clinically identified (IGHD types 1-3), and IGHD type 1 has been further separated into IGHD types 1a and b.
Libia M, Hernández, Phillip D K, Lee, Cecilia, Camacho-Hübner   +2 more
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Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency

Hormone Research, 1994
Several reports have focused on the clinical features of the untreated GH-deficient adult and the effect of GH therapy. The results reported are strikingly unanimous. Untreated GH-deficient adults have been shown to have increased cardiovascular mortality, reduced exercise capacity, reduced muscle strength, subnormal glomerular filtration rate and ...
J O, Jørgensen, J, Müller, J, Møller, T, Wolthers, N, Vahl, A, Juul, N E, Skakkebaek, J S, Christiansen   +7 more
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Growth hormone therapy for adult growth hormone deficiency

Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1996
GH deficiency in adult life is associated with a number of adverse biological changes including osteopenia, reduced exercise capacity, altered body composition, deleterious alterations in the lipid profile and insulin status, and reduced quality of life. Potentially, most of these changes can be reversed by GH replacement therapy.
S M, Shalet, A, Rahim, A A, Toogood
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