Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To determine the Predictors of growth response to GH treatment in a group of isolated idiopathic GH (GH).Patients and methods: 477 GH deficient (GHD) children with GH therapy were included in the study. Patients were followed up for a minimum of 1 year up to 6 years. Multiple linear regressions were done to identify predictors of growth response to rhGH in the first 4 years of treatment.Results: In the first year, three ...

Objective: To study the growth response to GH treatment in GH deficient patients. Also to report the possible side effects emerging during treatment with GH.Patients and methods: 477 GH deficient (GHD) children were included in the study. All patients received biosynthetic GH therapy at a dose of 20 IU/m2 per week. Patients were followed up for a minimum of 1 year and up to 6 years as anthropometric assessment was performed every 3 months, whi...