Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?

Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?

The Growth Hormone (GH) continues to act lifelong: it has been described, in fact, an Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD) syndrome, involving several organs and functions, whose clinical aspects greatly improve with the administration of human recombinant GH. The authors describe, evaluating the...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Scanelli, Luca Catapano, Beatrice Traverso, Claudia Aimoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-05-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
Adult growth hormone deficiency.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/298
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spelling doaj-aab69a28f0654d78a56978706f5f90032020-11-25T04:01:11ZengPAGEPress PublicationsItalian Journal of Medicine1877-93441877-93522013-05-012341010.4081/itjm.2008.3.4252Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?Giovanni ScanelliLuca CatapanoBeatrice TraversoClaudia AimoniThe Growth Hormone (GH) continues to act lifelong: it has been described, in fact, an Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD) syndrome, involving several organs and functions, whose clinical aspects greatly improve with the administration of human recombinant GH. The authors describe, evaluating the most recent data from the literature, the clinical picture, the pathophysiologic mechanisms, the diagnostic tools and the therapy of AGHD.http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/298Adult growth hormone deficiency.
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author Giovanni Scanelli
Luca Catapano
Beatrice Traverso
Claudia Aimoni
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Luca Catapano
Beatrice Traverso
Claudia Aimoni
Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?
Italian Journal of Medicine
Adult growth hormone deficiency.
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Luca Catapano
Beatrice Traverso
Claudia Aimoni
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title Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?
title_short Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?
title_full Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?
title_fullStr Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?
title_full_unstemmed Adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?
title_sort adult growth hormone deficiency: academic extravagance or real clinical entity for the internist?
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Italian Journal of Medicine
issn 1877-9344
1877-9352
publishDate 2013-05-01
description The Growth Hormone (GH) continues to act lifelong: it has been described, in fact, an Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD) syndrome, involving several organs and functions, whose clinical aspects greatly improve with the administration of human recombinant GH. The authors describe, evaluating the most recent data from the literature, the clinical picture, the pathophysiologic mechanisms, the diagnostic tools and the therapy of AGHD.
topic Adult growth hormone deficiency.
url http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/298
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