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SUN-249 Growth Hormone Utilization By US Youth: Trends as Insurance Pushes Back after FDA-Approved Expansion

In 2003 US FDA approved growth hormone (GH) treatment for idiopathic short stature (ISS), expanding potential eligibility for GH treatment from 1:3500 children with GH deficiency to the shortest 1.2% of the US population, at a potential estimated national cost of $40 billion. In response, over the l...

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Autores principales: Grimberg, Adda, Kanter, Genevieve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Endocrine Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6553063/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-SUN-249