Accurate long-term prediction of height during the first four years of growth hormone treatment in prepubertal children with growth hormone deficiency or turner syndrome

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-17

  Ranke, Michael B ^a,d   Lindberg, Anders ^c   Brosz, Mathias ^b   Kaspers, Stefan ^d   Loftus, Jane ^d   Wollmann, Hartmut ^d   Kołtowska Haggstrom, Maria ^c   Roelants, Mathieu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b StatConsult GmbH   (Germany)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Growth hormone deficiency; Growth hormone treatment; Growth prediction model; Growth simulation; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNER SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PUBERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 84864100337     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339468     Document Type: Article

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