Treatment of growth failure with growth hormone in children with chronic kidney disease: An open-label long-term study

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-105

  Muller Wiefel D E ^a   Frisch, H ^b   Tulassay, T ^c   Bell, L ^d   Zadik, Z ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic kidney disease; Clinical trial; Growth hormone treatment; Short stature

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CHILD; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PAPILLEDEMA; SIDE EFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH DISORDERS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955764938     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp74097     Document Type: Article

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