Prader-Willi syndrome and growth hormone therapy: Take a deep breath and weigh the data

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-226

  Whitman, Barbara Y ^a   Myers, Susan E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AHI; Apnea hypoxia indexes; GH; GHRT; Growth hormone; Growth hormone replacement therapy; IGF 1; Insulin like growth factor 1; Obstructive sleep apnea; OSA; Polysomnogram; Prader Willi syndrome; PSG; PWS; SED; Sudden unexpected death

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

BODY COMPOSITION; GROWTH HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOGONADISM; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 84872281968     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.09.024     Document Type: Editorial

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