Continued growth hormone (GH) treatment after final height is necessary to complete somatic development in childhood-onset GH-deficient patients.

AF, Attanasio; E, Shavrikova; WF, Blum; M, Cromer; CJ, Child; M, Paskova; J, Lebl; JJ, Chipman; SM, Shalet

doi:10.1210/jc.2004-0551

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Continued growth hormone (GH) treatment after final height is necessary to complete somatic development in childhood-onset GH-deficient patients.

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Attanasio AF

Shavrikova E

Blum WF

Abstract

Lean body mass (LBM), fat mass (FM), and total bone mineral content are significantly reduced in adult GHD subjects who had received pediatric GH. To test the hypothesis that continued GH therapy after final height is necessary to attain adult body composition, we performed a prospective, multinatio...

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