A randomised study of two doses of biosynthetic human growth hormone on final height of pubertal children with growth hormone deficiency

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-88

  Coelho, R ^a   Brook, C G D ^a   Preece, M A ^a   Stanhope, R G ^a   Dattani, M T ^a   Hindmarsh, P C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth hormone deficiency; Puberty; Randomised clinical trial

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; THYROXINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 54449101632     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000139149     Document Type: Article

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