ea0090oc3.4 | Oral Communications 3: Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology 1 | ECE2023
Giacchetti Federico
, Vidali Matteo
, Orsenigo Chiara
, Vizzari Giulia
, Tarricone Silvia
, Vantaggiato Chiara
, Rodari Giulia
, Modugno Adriana Di
, Napolitano Filomena
, Sangiorgio Andrea
, Morniroli Daniela
, Colombo Lorenzo
, Profka Eriselda
, Collini Valentina
, Gianni Maria Lorella
, Mantovani Giovanna
, Mosca Fabio
, Ceriotti Ferruccio
, Arosio Maura
, Giavoli Claudia
Background and Aim: Congenital growth hormone deficiency (cGHD) is a rare but life-threatening condition whose diagnosis is challenging in the absence of reliable reference values, both in healthy neonates and in preterm ones. We recently estimated GH reference interval in 1036 healthy, at-term newborns (HN) form dried blood spot samples using a previously validated analytical method. Aim of this study is to provide values for random GH in preterm newborns (PN).<p class="a...