Mortality Is Not Increased in Recombinant Human Growth Hormone-treated Patients When Adjusting for Birth Characteristics
Author(s) -
Kerstin AlbertssonWikland,
Anton Mårtensson,
Lars Sävendahl,
Aimon Niklasson,
Peter Bang,
Jovanna Dahlgren,
Jan Gustafsson,
Berit Kriström,
Svante Norgren,
Nils-Gunnar Pehrsson,
Anders Odén
Publication year - 2016
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.2015-3951
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , population , hazard ratio , confidence interval , ighd , small for gestational age , standardized mortality ratio , birth weight , growth hormone deficiency , pregnancy , growth hormone , hormone , environmental health , biology , genetics
This study aimed to investigate whether reported high mortality in childhood recombinant human GH (rhGH)-treated patients was related to birth-characteristics and/or rhGH treatment.
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