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ea0029p1434 | Pituitary Clinical | ICEECE2012

Mortality rates in childhood and adult onset GH deficient patients enrolled in the Global Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study (HypoCCS)

Jung H. , Zimmermann A. , Mo D. , Robison L. , Erfurth E. , Melmed S. , Lamberts S. , Attanasio A.

Preliminary data suggested an increased mortality in a French cohort after childhood somatropin treatment compared to the French reference population1. This cohort included patients (pts) with idiopathic-isolated GH-deficiency (GHD), and a similar cohort is also under follow-up for adult GH-replacement in HypoCCS.We therefore assessed all-cause mortality rates (n/1000 person-years (PY), (95% CI), standardized to the age/gender structure...