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Italian cross-sectional growth charts for height, weight and BMI (2 to 20 yr)
The aim of this study is to extend to pre-school ages the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (SIEDP)-2002 growth charts for height, weight and body mass index (BMI), to obtain charts (SIE...
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Final height in a patient with Laron syndrome after long-term therapy with rhIGF-I and short-term therapy with LHRH-analogue and oxandrolone during puberty
Objective: To report our experience on long-term treatment with recombinant-human-IGF-I (rhIGF-I) of a female patient with Laron syndrome (mutation G223G in the GH receptor gene), who received short-term treat...
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Italian cross-sectional growth charts for height, weight and BMI (6–20 y)
Objective To trace growth charts for height, weight and body mass index (BMI) that apply to the whole Italian population. Different charts were drawn for central-north and south Italy since children in central-no...
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Long term growth hormone (GH)-releasing hormone and biosynthetic GH therapy in GH-deficient children: comparison of therapeutic effectiveness
Twenty-five GH-deficient children were treated with GHRH (1-44), once daily sc for 6–24 months. At the 6th month of therapy, 40% of our patients showed a catch-up growth (responded), while the remaining 60% di...
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Neonatal screening for 21-hydroxylase deficiency: a microfilter paper method for 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone assay
A micromethod for measuring 17a-hydroxyprogesterone in blo’od collected on filter paper has been developed. Our method is rapid, easy and has the specificity, accuracy and precisoin of the radioimmunoassay in ...
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Gonadal and adrenal secretion of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in prepubertal and pubertal subjects
The Authors have evaluated the relationship between the secretion of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHA-S) by the adrenal glands and by the gonads in a group of prepubertal and pubertal subjects (“short norma...