Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults
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Treatment of growth hormone deficiency in adults.
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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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0021-972X
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.3.939