Growth Hormone Therapy in Adults
Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2022 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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A Case Series Study on Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome in Portugal
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2022 Introduction: Prader-Willi syndrome is a multisystemic genetic disorder associated with shorter adult height. Nowadays, all paediatric Prader-Willi syndrome patients are considered for growth hormone treatment.
Madalena Meira Nisa +7 more
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Hedgehog Signalling in Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer [PDF]
, 2008 Objectives: Androgen-deprivation therapy effectively shrinks hormone-naïve prostate cancer, both in the prostate and at sites of distant metastasis.
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Growth hormone deficiency during young adulthood and the benefits of growth hormone replacement [PDF]
, 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.
Ahmed, S.F. +3 more
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Anophthalmia, hearing loss, abnormal pituitary development and response to growth hormone therapy in three children with microdeletions of 14q22q23 [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Microdeletions of 14q22q23 have been associated with eye abnormalities and pituitary defects. Other phenotypic features in deletion carriers including hearing loss and response to growth hormone therapy are less well recognized.
Audrey Briand-Suleau +14 more
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Effects of long-term growth hormone therapy in a girl with Floating-Harbor syndrome [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020 Floating-Harbor syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that presents with short stature, facial dysmorphism, significantly delayed bone age, skeletal abnormalities, speech and language problems, and intellectual disabilities.
Hyun Woo Son +4 more
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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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Growth Hormone Deficiency in the Transition Period
Endocrinology Research and Practice, 2019 The importance of continuing growth hormone therapy in the transition and adulthood periods must be studied in adolescents with growth hormone deficiency with childhood onset.
Doğuş VURALLI
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Effect of growth hormone therapy on Taiwanese children with growth hormone deficiency
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2012 Human growth hormone (GH) has been successfully used in children with GH deficiency (GHD). However, there are few published data on the effect of GH in Taiwanese children with GHD.
Ying-Hua Huang +3 more
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Optimizing Patient Management and Adherence for Children Receiving Growth Hormone. [PDF]
, 2017 Poor adherence with growth hormone (GH) therapy has been associated with worse clinical outcomes, which in children relates specifically to their linear growth and loss of quality of life.
Carlo L. Acerini +3 more
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