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Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency in India

In clinical practice, every year approximately 150,000 children are referred with short stature (SS) based on a cut-off of fifth percentile. The most important endocrine and treatable cause of SS is growth hormone deficiency (GHD). The lack of reliable data on the prevalence of GHD in India limits e...

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Autores principales: John, Mathew, Koledova, Ekaterina, Kumar, Kanakatte Mylariah Prasanna, Chaudhari, Harshal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27867396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2967578