Growth Hormone Treatment in Children With Prader-Willi Syndrome: Three Years of Longitudinal Data in Prepubertal Children and Adult Height Data From the KIGS Database

Longitudinal data of children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) treated with genotropin were registered in the Pfizer International Growth Database (KIGS). To evaluate efficacy and safety of growth hormone (GH) treatment in a large group of children with PWS. Data registered in KIGS from 1987 to 2012...

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Published in:	The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism Vol. 102; no. 5; pp. 1702 - 1711
Main Authors:	Bakker, Nienke E., Lindberg, Anders, Heissler, Joseph, Wollmann, Hartmut A., Camacho-Hübner, Cecilia, Hokken-Koelega, Anita C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Oxford University Press 01.05.2017
Subjects:	Body Height Body mass index Child Child, Preschool Children Cohort Studies Databases, Factual Dwarfism, Pituitary - drug therapy Dwarfism, Pituitary - etiology Dwarfism, Pituitary - metabolism Female Growth disorders Growth Disorders - drug therapy Growth Disorders - etiology Growth hormones Human Growth Hormone - therapeutic use Humans Infant Insulin-Like Growth Factor I - deficiency Insulin-Like Growth Factor I - metabolism Longitudinal Studies Male Physical growth Prader-Willi syndrome Prader-Willi Syndrome - complications Prader-Willi Syndrome - drug therapy Prader-Willi Syndrome - metabolism Puberty Recombinant Proteins - therapeutic use Retrospective Studies Safety Standard deviation
ISSN:	0021-972X, 1945-7197, 1945-7197
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