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A surprising treatment response in a patient with rare isolated growth hormone deficiency, type IB

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency (IGHD) is a rare cause of short stature, treated with the standard regimen of subcutaneous synthetic growth hormone (GH). Patients typically achieve a maximum height velocity in the first year of treatment, which then tapers shortly after treatment is stopped. We r...

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Autores principales: Amar, Jordan Yardain, Borden, Kimberly, Watson, Elizabeth, Arslanian, Talin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-17-0107