A longer interval without GH replacement and female gender are associated with lower bone mineral density in adults with childhood-onset GH deficiency: A KIMS database analysis

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-351

  Tritos, Nicholas A ^a   Hamrahian, Amir H ^b   King, Donna ^e   Greenspan, Susan L ^c   Cook, David M ^d   Jönsson, Peter J ^e   Wajnrajch, Michael P ^e   Koltowska Häggstrom, Maria ^e   Biller, Beverly M K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD ONSET GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865727354     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-12-0070     Document Type: Article

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