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Evaluation of the Final Adult Height and Its Determinants in Patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency: A Single-centre Experience from the South-Eastern Region of Turkey

Meliha DemiralEdip UnalBirsen BaysalRıza Taner BaranHüseyin DemirbilekMehmet Nuri Özbek
Published in: Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology (2020)
The majority of our patients achieved a final height compatible with their genetic potential as well as population standards when treated with rhGH even having started at a relatively late age. First year delta height-SDS was a predictive factor for FAH.
Keyphrases
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  • growth hormone
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  • newly diagnosed
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  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • genome wide
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