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No thyroid abnormalities in patients submitted to cardiac catheterization in the first eighteen months of life
Background: No data are available about the risk of thyroid disturbance after exposure to low-dose radiation due to the use of cardiac catheterization in the first years of life. Aim: To determin...
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Responses to GHRH plus arginine test are more concordant with IGF-I circulating levels than responses to arginine and clonidine provocative tests
Although pharmacological GH stimulation tests are still considered the gold standard for GH deficiency (GHD) diagnosis, they are burdened by poor specificity. The majority of children diagnosed as having GHD s...
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X-LINKED ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY (ALD): HORMONAL AND CLINICAL FINDINGS DURING DIETARY ERUCIC-TRIOLEATE THERAPY
X-linked ALD is characterized by primary adrenal insufficiency, demyelination and accumulation of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA). VLCFA have a toxic effect on adrenocortical cell by increasing cell membra...
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The effect of short-term growth hormone or low-dose oxandrolone treatment in boys with constitutional growth delay
We evaluated the effect of six-month treatment with growth hormone (GH) or low-dose oxandrolone in a group of boys with constitutional growth delay (CGD). Sixteen boys were randomly assigned to two treatment g...
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LH-RH ANALOGUE TREATMENT OF CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY: MONITORING BY BIOLOGICAL ASSAY FOR LH
Five children (2 M, 3 F) aged 3.5-9.5 yrs, with central precocious puberty and 1 boy (12 yrs old)with corpus callosum agenesis and sexual aggressive behaviour, have been treated with LH-RH Analogue (Buserelin)...
