Open AccessPrevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Hypopituitary Growth Hormone (GH)-Deficient Patients Before and After GH Replacement
Author(s) -
Andrea Attanasio,
Daojun Mo,
Eva Marie Erfurth,
Meng H. Tan,
Ken Ho,
David L. Kleinberg,
Alan G. Zimmermann,
Philippe Chanson
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2009-1326
Subject(s) - growth hormone , endocrinology , medicine , growth hormone deficiency , human growth hormone , hypopituitarism , turner syndrome , hormone
Metabolic and body compositional consequences of GH deficiency (GHD) in adults are associated with a phenotype similar to the metabolic syndrome (MetS).
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