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ea0073aep520 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2021

The paradox of growth hormone therapy during the covid-19 pandemics – high serum igf1 and poor growth

Iancu Mirela , Alice Albu1 , Albu Dragos

Affecting multiple aspects of every-day living, Covid-19 could be a stress-promoting event, and short-stature patients could be an at-risk population. The scope of our study is to assess whether the on-going pandemic could affect children’s response to growth hormone therapy. This was a retrospective study that evaluated children on growth hormone treatment who presented for clinical visits between September 2019 and January 2021 at the Pediatric Endocrinology Department ...