Open AccessGrowth Hormone Treatment and Papilledema: A Prospective Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Nieves Martín Begué,
Eduard Mogas,
Charlotte Wolley-Dod,
Silvia Alarcón,
María Clemente León,
Ariadna Campos-Martorell,
A. C. Fabregas,
Diego Yeste
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jcrpe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2020.2020.0007
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , short stature , asymptomatic , papilledema , growth hormone deficiency , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , surgery , hormone , growth hormone , physics , optics
To investigate the incidence of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) in children treated with growth hormone (GH) in a paediatric hospital and to identify risk factors for this complication.