Emerging options in growth hormone therapy: an update
Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2011 Stephen F Kemp, J Paul FrindikUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USAAbstract: Growth hormone (GH) was first used to treat a patient in 1958. For the next 25 years it was available only from
Kemp SF, Frindik JP
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Hormone replacement therapy is associated with improved verbal declarative memory in healthy relatively recent postmenopausal women. [PDF]
, 2006 The efficacy of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for cognitive health in postmenopausal women has been systematically questioned during the last decade.
Sünram-Lea, Sandra I., Papavasiliou, E.
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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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Recombinant human growth hormone for the treatment of growth disorders in children: a systematic review and economic evaluation [PDF]
, 2010 Study found that treatment with recombinant human growth hormone gave significantly greater benefits in stature for children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), Turner syndrome, Prader–Willi syndrome, chronic renal insufficency, short stature homeobox ...
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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 ...
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Cardiac functions in children with growth hormone deficiency: Effects of one year of GH replacement therapy [PDF]
, 2021 Introduction: Children with Growth Hormone deficiency (GHD) are prone to heart dysfunction and, if left untreated, will result in marked cardiac dysfunction in adulthood.
Alkan, Fatos +3 more
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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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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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Randomised controlled trial of an interactive multimedia decision aid on hormone replacement therapy in primary care [PDF]
, 2001 Objective To determine whether a decision aid on hormone replacement therapy influences decision making and health outcomes.Design Randomised controlled trial.Setting 26 general practices in the United Kingdom.Participants 205 women considering hormone ...
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