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Growth hormone – insulin-like growth factor-I axis and bone mineral density in adults with thalassemia major

INTRODUCTION: Bone disease and short stature are frequent clinical features of patients with beta-thalassaemia major. Dysfunction of the GH-IGF-1 axis has been described in many thalassemics children and adolescents with short stature and reduced growth velocity. Assessment of the GH-IGF-1 axis in s...

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Autores principales: Soliman, Ashraf, De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Yassin, Mohamed, Abdelrahman, Mohamed O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3968729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24701427
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.126525

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