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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2017 Dec 11;8:346. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00346. eCollection 2017.

Managing Transition in Patients Treated with Growth Hormone.

Frontiers in endocrinology

Berthold P Hauffa, Philippe Touraine, Tanya Urquhart-Kelly, Ekaterina Koledova

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
  2. Department of Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Centre des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance et du Développement, Paris, France.
  3. Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
  4. Global Medical Affairs, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

PMID: 29312142 PMCID: PMC5732460 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00346

Abstract

Growth hormone (GH) promotes growth in children, but is also essential for bone strength, body composition, metabolic factors, such as lipid profile, and maintenance of quality of life. The Merck KGaA (Germany) funded "360° GH in Europe" meeting, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in June 2016, comprised three sessions entitled "

Keywords: adolescent; endocrinology; growth hormone deficiency; pediatric; personalized medicine; transition

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