Growth hormone (GH) dosing during catch-up growth guided by individual responsiveness decreases growth response variability in prepubertal children with GH deficiency or idiopathic short stature

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 483-490

  Kriström, Berit ^a,b   Aronson, A Stefan ^c   Dahlgren, Jovanna ^a   Gustafsson, Jan ^d   Halldin, Maria ^d   Ivarsson, Sten A ^e   Nilsson, Nils Östen ^c   Svensson, Johan ^e   Tuvemo, Torsten ^d   Albertsson Wikland, Kerstin ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; INFANT; INFECTION; INJURY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SIDE EFFECT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 59749099510     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-1503     Document Type: Article

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