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Recombinant growth hormone for children and adolescents with Turner syndrome.

Recombinant growth hormone for children and adolescents with Turner syndrome.
Recombinant growth hormone for children and adolescents with Turner syndrome.
Recombinant human growth hormone (hGH) doses between 0.3 to 0.375 mg/kg/wk increase short-term growth in girls with Turner syndrome by approximately three (two) cm in the first (second) year of treatment. Treatment in one trial increased final height by approximately six cm over an untreated control group. Despite this increase, the final height of treated women was still outside the normal range. Additional trials of the effects of hGH carried out with control groups until final height is achieved would allow better informed decisions about whether the benefits of hGH treatment outweigh the requirement of treatment over several years at considerable cost.
1465-1858
CD003887
Baxter, L.
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Bryant, J.
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Cave, C.B.
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Milne, R.
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Baxter, L.
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Bryant, J.
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Cave, C.B.
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Milne, R.
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Baxter, L., Bryant, J., Cave, C.B. and Milne, R. (2007) Recombinant growth hormone for children and adolescents with Turner syndrome. The Cochrane Library, (1), CD003887. (doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003887.pub2). (PMID:12917993)

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Abstract

Recombinant human growth hormone (hGH) doses between 0.3 to 0.375 mg/kg/wk increase short-term growth in girls with Turner syndrome by approximately three (two) cm in the first (second) year of treatment. Treatment in one trial increased final height by approximately six cm over an untreated control group. Despite this increase, the final height of treated women was still outside the normal range. Additional trials of the effects of hGH carried out with control groups until final height is achieved would allow better informed decisions about whether the benefits of hGH treatment outweigh the requirement of treatment over several years at considerable cost.

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Published date: 29 January 2007
Organisations: Faculty of Medicine

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Local EPrints ID: 345444
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345444
ISSN: 1465-1858
PURE UUID: 3a17fb07-e075-4c5b-a1e5-7726e1808f58
ORCID for R. Milne: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-4380

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Date deposited: 20 Nov 2012 16:25
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:58

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Author: L. Baxter
Author: J. Bryant
Author: C.B. Cave
Author: R. Milne ORCID iD

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