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ea0011p571 | Growth and development | ECE2006

Mortality in growth hormone deficiency

Stochholm K , Gravholt C , Laursen T , Sandahl J , Green A

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% ...