Estrogen replacement therapy: effects of starting age on final height of girls with chronic kidney disease and short stature.

Davoud Amirkashani Farzaneh Rohani Mahmoud Khodadost Rozita Hoseini Hamidreza Alidoost Sedighegh Madani

Published in: BMC pediatrics (2022)

We recommend starting EE from 11 yrs. old in CKD short stature girls who have no clinical and laboratory sign of sexual maturity at 11 yrs. to enhance the cost effectiveness of GH therapy.

Keyphrases

replacement therapy
chronic kidney disease
growth hormone
end stage renal disease
smoking cessation
body mass index
mental health
estrogen receptor
stem cells