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Growth hormone (GH) dose-dependent IGF-I response relates to pubertal height gain

BACKGROUND: Responsiveness to GH treatment can be estimated by both growth and ∆IGF-I. The primary aim of the present study was to investigate if mimicking the physiological increase during puberty in GH secretion, by using a higher GH dose could lead to pubertal IGFs in short children with low GH s...

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Autores principales: Lundberg, Elena, Kriström, Berit, Jonsson, Bjorn, Albertsson-Wikland, Kerstin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26682747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-015-0080-8