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Final adult height in long-term growth hormone-treated achondroplasia patients

The objective of this study was to evaluate the gain in final height of achondroplasia (ACH) patients with long-term growth hormone (GH) treatment. We analyzed medical data of 22 adult patients (8 males and 14 females) treated with GH at a dose of 0.05 mg/kg/day. Optionally, tibial lengthening (TL)...

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Autores principales: Harada, Daisuke, Namba, Noriyuki, Hanioka, Yuki, Ueyama, Kaoru, Sakamoto, Natsuko, Nakano, Yukako, Izui, Masafumi, Nagamatsu, Yuiko, Kashiwagi, Hiroko, Yamamuro, Miho, Ishiura, Yoshihito, Ogitani, Ayako, Seino, Yoshiki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28501952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-017-2923-y