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Association between pituitary height and growth response to recombinant human growth hormone in prepubertal children with growth hormone deficiency

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Z.Z. planned and designed the study and directed its implementation. Y.Y., and X.Z. contributed to data acquisition and did the data preparation and quality control. Y.Y., and W.N. conducted statistical analyses. Y.Y., W.N., and Z.Z. wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript prior to submission.

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  3. Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Bei**g, China

    Wenquan Niu

  4. Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, Shandong, China

    Yuan Yuan

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Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Niu, W. et al. Association between pituitary height and growth response to recombinant human growth hormone in prepubertal children with growth hormone deficiency. Endocrine 79, 287–291 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-022-03217-2

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