Analysis of characteristics and outcomes by growth hormone treatment duration in adult patients in the Italian cohort of the Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study (HypoCCS).
Vincenzo RochiraG MossettoN JiaSalvatore CannavòP Beck-PeccozGianluca AimarettiMaria Rosaria AmbrosioCarolina Di SommaM LosaD FeroneC LubranoCarla ScaroniAntonella GiampietroS M CorselloM PoggiPublished in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2018)
The results show that long-term GH treatment is associated with decreasing GH dose, increased IGF-I, decreased LDL-cholesterol and the presence of surrogate markers that help to give confidence in a diagnosis of GHD.