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Continuing the Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency During the Transition from Childhood into Adulthood Michael B Ranke and John P Monson KIGS 10 Year.

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1 Continuing the Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency During the Transition from Childhood into Adulthood Michael B Ranke and John P Monson KIGS 10 Year Book, 1999

2 M B Ranke - KIGS 10 Year Book, 1999 Incidence of normal GH response, reported in various studies, to provocative testing with the insulin tolerance or arginine test GHD, growth hormone deficiency; MPHD, multiple pituitary hormone deficiency

3 M B Ranke - KIGS 10 Year Book, 1999 Documented changes, relative to matched control values, in young adults in whom GH replacement therapy during childhood was discontinued at final height LDL, low-density lipoprotein

4 M B Ranke - KIGS 10 Year Book, 1999 Effects of discontinuation of GH therapy for 2 years in 40 young adults IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor 1; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein


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