Can growth hormone treatment improve growth in children with severe growth failure due to anorexia nervosa? A preliminary pilot study

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Growth failure is a difficult but key aspect of care in children with anorexia nervosa (AN). The effects of hGH therapy have not been studied. The aim was to investigate the effect of hGH treatment on height velocity (HV) in children with AN. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective...

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Autores principales: Léger, Juliane, Fjellestad-Paulsen, Anne, Bargiacchi, Anne, Doyen, Catherine, Ecosse, Emmanuel, Carel, Jean-Claude, Le Heuzey, Marie-France
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29038330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EC-17-0200

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29038330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EC-17-0200

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