Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Increased fibrinogen levels have been reported in prepubertal children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), which were reduced after rhGH treatment. rhGH treatment has also been shown to exert a beneficial effect on the amount of aPAI-1 in children with GHD.Aim: Of the study was to evaluate whether prepubertal GH deficient (GHD) children showed any impairment in coagulation- and fibrinolysis-related parameters and the effect ...