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Childhood growth hormone treatment in women with Turner syndrome - benefits and adverse effects.
Scientific reports - 4 Nov 2019
Irzyniec Tomasz, Jeż Wacław, Lepska Katarzyna, Maciejewska-Paszek Izabela, Frelich Jakub
Abstract excerpt
Turner syndrome (TS) is characterized by the partial or complete loss of one sex chromosome and results in growth failure, gonadal insufficiency and cardiac anomalies. Treatment with growth hormone (GH) during childhood has indisputable benefits when taking into account the low stature of TS women. Medical records and biochemical findings of 33 TS women treated with GH in childhood (GH+) were compared to those of...
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