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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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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]
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 ...
Schopohl, Jochen +5 more
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Growth hormone treatment for growth hormone deficient adults [PDF]
Growth hormone (GH) deficiency in adults is now recognized as a clinical syndrome with characteristic signs and symptoms. Numerous trials with daily subcutaneous biosynthetic human growth hormone (hGH) have been conducted in this patient group. Generally, improvements in insulin-like growth factor levels, decreases in total fat mass and increases in ...
W, Clark, M J, Kendall
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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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Immunofunctional assay of human growth hormone (hGH) in serum: A possible consensus for quantitative hGH measurement [PDF]
Confirmation of the diagnosis of GH deficiency in adults and children involves provocative testing for human (h) GH. Different commercially available immunoassays yield largely discrepant results in the measurement of GH levels in human serum.
Strasburger, Christian J. +3 more
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Growth Hormone Deficiency Is Frequent After Recent Stroke [PDF]
Introduction: The incidence of pituitary dysfunction after severe ischemic stroke is unknown, however given the increasing attention to pituitary dysfunction after neurological injuries such as traumatic brain injury, this may represent a novel area of ...
Nilsson, M +39 more
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Background. According to world statistics, about 5–10 % of newborns are small for gestational age (SGA). They can have inadequate rates of postnatal growth during first two years of life.
O.V. Bolshova, N.M. Muz
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Management of growth hormone deficiency in adults
Growth hormone (GH) deficiency in adults is a recognised clinical entity. There is still, however, an ongoing debate of the clinical need and the importance of replacing GH in adults with severe GH deficiency.
Nilsson, Anna G, +2 more
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One of the most important parameters of health in children is growth. Stunted growth leads to the development of inferiority complex in patients and often hampers social self-realization.
L. M. Sultanova +2 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]
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 ...
Clemmons, David +1 more
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