Veronica Mericq, German Iñiguez, Graziella Pinto, Laura G Gonzalez-Briceño, Dinane Samara-Boustani, Caroline Thalassinos, Isabelle Flechtner, Athanasia Stoupa, Jacques Beltrand, Alix Besançon, Séverine Brabant, Khaldoun Ghazal, Monique Leban, Philippe Touraine, Gabriel Cavada, Michel Polak, Dulanjalee Kariyawasam
OBJECTIVE: Isolated childhood growth hormone deficiency (GHD) can persist into adulthood, and re-testing at the transition period is needed to determine whether continued growth hormone therapy is indicated. Here, our objective was to identify predictors of permanent GHD. DESIGN: Retrospective single-centre study of patients with childhood-onset GHD who were re-tested after adult height attainment. METHODS: Auxological, clinical, laboratory, and MRI data throughout follow-up were collected...
2023: Frontiers in Endocrinology