Growth hormone treatment after completion of growth : proceedings of a symposium on GH treatment of adult patients with childhood-onset GH deficiency held in Turin, Italy in June 2001

Growth hormone treatment after completion of growth : proceedings of a symposium on GH treatment of adult patients with childhood-onset GH deficiency held in Turin, Italy in June 2001 /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shalet, Stephen M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Esher [England] : Medicom International, ©2002.
Series:International journal of clinical practice. Supplement ; 126.
Subjects:
Somatotropin > Congresses.
Dwarfism, Pituitary > Hormone therapy > Congresses.
Growth Hormone > therapeutic use
Dwarfism, Pituitary > drug therapy
Congress
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Is final height the only target of paediatric human growth hormone treatment
  • Childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency: reassessment of GH status after completion of growth
  • Unusual aspects of GH re-testing
  • Bone status in children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency: effect of growth hormone treatment
  • Consequences of discontinuing GH after linear growth is completed
  • Is the impact of GH deficiency on the heart dependent on time of onset?
  • Effects of GH replacement in young patients with childhood-onset GH deficiency.

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