Growth response of syndromic versus non-syndromic children born small for gestational age (SGA) to growth hormone therapy: a Belgian study
IntroductionA substantial proportion of SGA patients present with a syndrome underlying their growth restriction. Most SGA cohorts comprise both syndromic and non-syndromic patients impeding delineation of the recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) response. We present a detailed characterization of a SGA cohort and analyze rhGH response based on adult height (AH).MethodsClinical and auxological data of SGA patients treated with rhGH, who had reached AH, were retrieved from BELGROW, a national database of all rhGH treated patients held by BESPEED (BElgian Society for PEdiatric Endocrinology a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Frontiers in Endocrinology, Vol 14 (2023) |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
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Schlagwörter: | short for gestational age / syndromic / growth hormone / growth / children / adult height / Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology / RC648-665 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26527298 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1112938 |