Parents' views on growth hormone treatment for their children: psychosocial issues [PDF]
Patient Preference and Adherence, 2012 Nadine van Dongen,1 Ad A Kaptein21Patient Intelligence Panel Health Ltd, London, United Kingdom; 2Section Medical Psychology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The NetherlandsBackground: We evaluated the opinions of parents in The Netherlands ...
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Developments in administration of growth hormone treatment: focus on Norditropin® Flexpro® [PDF]
Patient Preference and Adherence, 2011 Kevin CJ Yuen1, Rakesh Amin21Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA; 2Barts and The London Children’s Hospital, London, UKAbstract ...
Kevin CJ Yuen, Rakesh Amin
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Recombinant human growth hormone in the treatment of Turner syndrome [PDF]
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2008 Bessie E SpiliotisDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, GreeceAbstract: Turner syndrome (TS) is a common chromosomal disorder in women that is associated with the ...
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Treatment of short stature and growth hormone deficiency in children with somatotropin (rDNA origin) [PDF]
Biologics: Targets & Therapy, 2008 Dana S HardinOhio State University and Columbus Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USAAbstract: Somatotropin (growth hormone, GH) of recombinant DNA origin has provided a readily available and safe drug that has greatly improved management of
Dana S Hardin
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Decrease in adiponectin levels correlates to growth response in growth hormone-treated children [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND/AIMS: Adiponectin is secreted by adipose tissue and circulates in human plasma at high levels. Decreased adiponectin levels are associated with insulin resistance and obesity.
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Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone during Growth Hormone Treatment
Children, 2022 Background. There is some controversy concerning a potential interaction between vitamin D and PTH and the GH/IGF-1 axis. The goal of this study is to assess vitamin D and PTH status in children with GH deficiency at diagnostic and during treatment with ...
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Growth hormone releasing hormone or growth hormone treatment in growth hormone insufficiency? [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1988 Sixteen prepubertal children who were insufficient for growth hormone were treated with growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) 1-40 and GHRH 1-29 for a mean time of nine months (range 6-12 months) with each peptide. Eleven children received GHRH 1-40 in four subcutaneous nocturnal pulses (dose 4-8 micrograms/kg/day) and eight (three of whom were also ...
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Effect of long-acting growth hormone treatment on endogenous growth hormone secretion in prepubertal patients with idiopathic short stature: A preliminary study [PDF]
, 2022 Long-acting growth hormone (LAGH) is emerging to be a new preparation for treatment of short stature. We aimed to determine whether 12-month treatment with LAGH in patients with idiopathic short stature has an effect on the nocturnal endogenous growth ...
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Time for a general approval of growth hormone treatment in adults with Prader–Willi syndrome
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021 Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a complex, multi-system, neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by neonatal muscular hypotonia, short stature, high risk of obesity, hypogonadism, intellectual disabilities, distinct behavioural/psychiatric problems and ...
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Usefulness and Potential Pitfalls of Long-Acting Growth Hormone Analogs
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 Daily recombinant human GH (rhGH) is currently approved for use in children and adults with GH deficiency (GHD) in many countries with relatively few side-effects.
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