Metabolic effects of discontinuing growth hormone treatment
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Endocrine and metabolic effects of growth hormone treatment
Growth hormone (GH) is essential for normal growth in childhood and also exerts metabolic actions in both children and adults. Although it has been believed for many years that GH is not important in adulthood, recent evidence suggests that this may not be the case. Human GH was first used successfully to treat short stature secondary to hypopituitarism in 1958;' since then, much knowledge has ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.6.517