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Growth hormone releasing hormone or growth hormone treatment in growth hormone insufficiency?
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 treated with GHRH 1-40) received GHRH 1-29 ...
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BACKGROUND The Growth Hormone Research Society held a Consensus Workshop in Sydney, Australia, in March 2007 to review advances in the management of growth hormone (GH) deficiency in adults and to update consensus recommendations. OBJECTIVE This short review summarizes key background information presented at the workshop and the consensus recommendations that followed. CONCLUSIONS The benef...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0918-5739,1347-7358
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.2.supple2_1