The effect of administering gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist with recombinant-human growth hormone (GH) on the final height of girls with isolated GH deficiency: Results from a controlled study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1900-1904

  Saggese, Giuseppe ^a   Federico, Giovanni ^a,b   Barsanti, Stefania ^a   Fiore, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

EID: 0034999823     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.5.7439     Document Type: Article

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