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Growth Hormone Therapy in Adults
Adult growth hormone deficiency (GHD) has come to be accepted as a clinical syndrome (or nearly past 10 years. Based on increasing evidence that adults with GHD have impaired health, many countries have already approved the use of growth hormone (GH) for
Vedia Tonyukuk, Demet Çorapçıoğlu
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Laron syndrome: An experience of treatment of two cases
Laron syndrome or growth hormone insensitivity is a rare disease presenting with severe postnatal growth failure. Clinically, in most circumstances, it is indistinguishable from growth hormone deficiency.
Hiya Boro +4 more
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Genetics of Growth Disorders-Which Patients Require Genetic Testing? [PDF]
The second 360° European Meeting on Growth Hormone Disorders, held in Barcelona, Spain, in June 2017, included a session entitled Pragmatism vs. Curiosity in Genetic Diagnosis of Growth Disorders, which examined current concepts of genetics and growth in
Argente, J +3 more
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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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Recovery from neurological sequelae secondary to oncological brain surgery in an adult growth hormone-deficient patient after growth hormone treatment [PDF]
[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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Benefits and risks of growth hormone in adults with growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
[Resumen] La deficiencia de hormona del crecimiento («growth hormone», GH) en el adulto es un síndrome clínico plenamente reconocido que entraña consecuencias adversas para la salud.
Cordido, Fernando, Díez, Juan José
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Parathyroid localization [PDF]
Twenty-nine consecutive patients with suspected primary hyperparathyroidism were examined preoperatively using ultrasound, sonographically guided fine needle aspiration, and aspirate immunostaining for PTH.
Borisch, B. +7 more
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Quality of life and cognitive function in patients with pituitary insufficiency [PDF]
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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Short-term effect of growth hormone treatment in childhood leukemia survivors with growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
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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Differential Tissue Response to Growth Hormone in Mice [PDF]
Growth hormone (GH) has been shown to act directly on multiple tissues throughout the body. Historically, it was believed that GH acted directly in the liver and only indirectly in other tissues via insulin‐like growth hormone 1 (IGF‐1).
Banerjee, Ronadip R. +4 more
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