Efficacy and safety of a 4-year combination therapy of growth hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue in pubertal girls with short predicted adult height

ObjectivesTo improve adult height in pubertal girls with a poor height prediction, treatment with growth hormone (GH) can be used in combination with a gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa), to delay closure of the growth plates. However, there are few studies to support this practice, and...

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Hauptverfasser:	Dotremont, Hilde, France, Annick, Heinrichs, Claudine, Tenoutasse, Sylvie, Brachet, Cécile, Cools, Martine, De Waele, Kathleen, Massa, Guy, Lebrethon, Marie-Christine, Gies, Inge, Van Besien, Jesse, Derycke, Christine, Ziraldo, Mathieu, De Schepper, Jean, Beauloye, Véronique, Verhulst, Stijn, Rooman, Raoul, den Brinker, Marieke
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	adult height Biology and Life Sciences Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism girls gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) growth hormone treatment (GH) Medicine and Health Sciences puberty short stature children
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