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Effects of financial support on treatment of adolescents with growth hormone deficiency: a retrospective study in Japan

BACKGROUND: Treatment costs for children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency are subsidized by the government in Japan if the children meet clinical criteria, including height limits (boys: 156.4 cm; girls: 145.4 cm). However, several funding programs, such as a subsidy provided by local governments...

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Autores principales: Maeda, Eri, Higashi, Takahiro, Hasegawa, Tomonobu, Yokoya, Susumu, Mochizuki, Takahiro, Ishii, Tomohiro, Ito, Junko, Kanzaki, Susumu, Shimatsu, Akira, Takano, Koji, Tajima, Toshihiro, Tanaka, Hiroyuki, Tanahashi, Yusuke, Teramoto, Akira, Nagai, Toshiro, Hanew, Kunihiko, Horikawa, Reiko, Yorifuji, Toru, Wada, Naohiro, Tanaka, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5073827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27769307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1854-z