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ea0007p130 | Growth and development | BES2004

Possible factors determining individual sensitivity to GH replacement therapy; a KIMS database analysis

Monson J , Lundberg M , Bouloux P , Bevan J , Svensson J , Koltowska-Haggstrom M , Finer N

Large databases facilitate the examination of those factors, which may determine response to treatment, potentially to develop prediction models. We have used KIMS (Pfizer's international metabolic database of GH-treated adults), to examine parameters that might predict clinical response to GH therapy in hypopituitary adults.Patients/methods: Patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma on GH titrated to maintain serum IGF-I between minus 2 and 2 SDS,...