Long-Term Surveillance of Growth Hormone Therapy
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Medium and long-term outcome of growth hormone therapy in growth hormone deficient adults.
We evaluated long-term replacement therapy outcomes in various subsets of patients with adult growth hormone (GH) deficiency (AGHD) as well as the patients' susceptibility to adverse events. Fifty-nine patients with AGHD were evaluated, 27 with childhood onset (CO) (18-44 years old, 12 females) and 32 with adult onset (AO) (27-70 years, 18 females). A significant improvement in HDL-cholesterol ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0021-972X,1945-7197
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2294