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ea0070aep750 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2020

Country-specific differences in adult growth hormone deficiency diagnosis and treatment rates

Nedjatian Navid , den Hollander Bjørnar , Amirouche Yacine

Background: Adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) is a rare disease associated with adverse metabolic abnormalities and possibly increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Although basic prevalence data is available, little is known about the rates of diagnosed and treated patients.Aim: To understand the rates of AGHD diagnosis/treatment and details about patients’ growth hormone (GH) dose, age and treatment duration....