Endocrine Abstracts

The most appropriate way to manage growth hormone replacement (GH) in the transition to adulthood in children treated with GH for GH deficiency (GHD) is controversial. The GH Research Society suggest that retesting of GH status at final height (FH) is unnecessary in the presence of 'severe organic GHD' and cranial irradiation falls into this etiological category. This recommendation has never been validated.To investigate whether patients diagnosed in ch...