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Final height in isolated GH deficiency type 1A: effects of 5-year treatment with IGF-I.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Apr 2001
Messina M F, De Luca F, Wasniewska M, Valenzise M, Lombardo F, Ghizzoni L
Abstract excerpt
Data concerning final height (FH) in isolated growth hormone deficiency type 1A (IGHD1A) are scanty and controversial. In this paper we report the FH outcome of two girls with IGHD1A who were treated either with GH only (first patient) or with GH during the first 8 years and successively with IGF-I (second patient). In the first patient, FH was only slightly subnormal and slightly taller with respect to target...
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