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Linear Growth Deficiency in b-Thalassemia Patients: Is It Growth Hormone Dependent?
Background: b-Thalassemia major is a serious medical problem.Growth retardation is commonly seen in poly-transfused b-thalassemia patients. The exact mechanism of short stature in childrenwith thalassemia major is not well understood, however, it isbelieved to be multi-factorial.Objective: To study the growth state and its relationship to growthhormone (GH) deficiency in b-thalassemia patients....
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Adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) is an heterogeneous clinical entity characterized by increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, alterations in body composition, osteoporosis and impaired quality of life. In order to characterize higher risk subpopulations we studied 77 patients with AGHD, 35 with childhood onset (AGHD-CO): CA 18-44 yr.; 13 females and 22 males, and 42 with adult o...
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Growth hormone (GH) has an important physiological role in adulthood.1–3 Before the 1980s anecdotal reports suggested that patients lacking GH experienced symptoms of increased fatigue and low mood, features that improved with GH replacement.4 Long-term replacement was not considered because of the lack of availability of cadaveric GH. With the development of recombinant GH in the mid-1980s, in...
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background: b-thalassemia major is a serious medical problem. growth retardation is commonly seen in poly-transfused b- thalassemia patients. the exact mechanism of short stature in children with thalassemia major is not well understood, however, it is believed to be multi-factorial. objective: to study the growth state and its relationship to growth hormone (gh) deficiency in b-thalassemia pat...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Abstracts
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1479-6848
DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.50.ep088