Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: We aimed to describe mortality for both gender in children and adults, in Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD).Materials and methods: Using three national registries: The Causes of Death Registry, The National Patient Registry, and The Cancer Registry, and The International Classification of Diseases as a filter, we identified a primary cohort of 9,131 patients. All had a high a priori risk of having GHD. All available hospital files (representing 90.2% ...

Aims: To compare the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of insulin aspart, biphasic insulin aspart 70 (BIAsp70), biphasic insulin aspart 50 (BIAsp50) and soluble human insulin under experimental conditions.Methods: In this randomised, four-period crossover study, 19 type 1 diabetic patients received subcutaneous injections of identical doses (0.2 U/kg) of either insulin aspart, BIAsp70, or BIAsp50 immediately before a standardized meal, or huma...