Prospective Follow-up of Children with Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency After Termination of Growth Hormone Treatment: Is There Really Need for Treatment at Transition to Adulthood? | Zendy

Emine Çamtosun | Zendy; Zeynep Şıklar | Zendy; Merih Berberoğlu | Zendy

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Prospective Follow-up of Children with Idiopathic Growth Hormone Deficiency After Termination of Growth Hormone Treatment: Is There Really Need for Treatment at Transition to Adulthood?

Author(s) -

Emine Çamtosun,

Zeynep Şıklar,

Merih Berberoğlu

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1308-5735

pISSN - 1308-5727

DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.0010

Subject(s) - medicine , ighd , discontinuation , endocrinology , growth hormone deficiency , dyslipidemia , body mass index , lipid profile , hormone , growth hormone , cholesterol , obesity

Continuation of growth hormone (GH) treatment in adolescents with severe childhood onset idiopathic GH deficiency (IGHD) during the transition period, irrespective of achievement of final height, is still debatable. We aimed to prospectively investigate the metabolic profile, bone mineral density (BMD) and body composition of patients with IGHD in whom GH treatments were terminated after they had reached their final height, six months after the cessation of therapy.

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