Workshop 3: Growth hormone deficiency after head trauma and cranial irradiation
โ Scribed by V Popovic; S.M Shalet
- Book ID
- 116511985
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1096-6374
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Background. The indications and factors affecting the growth in response to treatment with growth hormone (GH) of patients with cranial irradiation-induced GH deficiency remain unclear. Procedure. The adult heights of 56 patients treated with GH (0.4-0.6 U/kg/week) as daily sc injections were analys
Background. Dosimetry of the hypothalamus-pituitary (HP) region could allow prediction of the risk of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) following cranial irradiation. Procedure. Nineteen children (15 boys) with a me- dian age of 6.3 years (range 1.7-16.5) at the time of irradiation of a brain tumor no