Effect of growth hormone on growth delay in burned children: a 3-year follow-up study

Children with severe burns benefit from acute therapy with recombinant human growth hormone by maintaining their original stature after injury. This effect is particularly apparent in children injured outside growth-spurt years.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 1999-11, Vol.354 (9192), p.1789-1789
Hauptverfasser:	Low, JF Aili, Herndon, David N, Barrow, Robert E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Burns Burns - complications Burns - drug therapy Child Child, Preschool Children & youth Female Follow-Up Studies Growth Disorders - drug therapy Growth Disorders - etiology Hormones Human Growth Hormone - therapeutic use Humans Male Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Physical growth Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Skin, nail, hair, dermoskeleton Wound Healing - drug effects
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Zusammenfassung:	Children with severe burns benefit from acute therapy with recombinant human growth hormone by maintaining their original stature after injury. This effect is particularly apparent in children injured outside growth-spurt years.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02741-5