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Article
GROWTH AND ENDOCRINE FUNCTION AFTER BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION (BMT) WITH OR WITHOUT TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION (TBI)
TBI preparing to BMT is frequently followed by growth retardation. As GH deficiency (GHD) is a well known complication of cranial irradiation, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of GHD after TB...
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Article
FRENCH COLLABORATIVE STUDY ON EFFECT OF 3 YEARS LHRH ANALOGJE (LHRHa) TREATMENT ON GROWTH AND BONE MATURATION IN CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY (CPP)
The LHRHa have been shown to suppress the secretion of gonadotropins and sex steroids in children with CPP and therefore to improve their predicted final height. The present study was designed to evaluate the ...
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Chapter
Growth Hormone Secretion and Growth in Central Nervous System Irradiated Children
External cranial irradiation is currently used in various therapeutic protocols for malignant systemic and intracranial diseases. Some patients receive spinal irradiation in addition. These therapies have sign...
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Article
53 SUSTAINED GROWTH IN SPITE OF RADIATION INDUCED GHD OCCURS ONLY AFTER LOW HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY DOSE
Normal growth, despite GHD, has been reported after cranial radiation (CR) for leukemia (ALL). In order to analyze the characteristicsof the patients with GH peak <5 ng/ml after AITT, 2 groups were investigate...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Growth hormone secretory dysfunction after hypothalamic and pituitary irradiation
External cranial radiation is a major therapeutic tool in the treatment of various malignant diseases in children. As growth retardation has become a significant complication of this therapy, there have been q...
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Chapter
Plasma Growth Hormone-Binding Protein and Liver Receptor in Thalassemic Patients
Children with thalassemia major often present with growth failure, the mechanism of which is not clear. They are not GH deficient but their plasma insulin-like growth factor I (IGFI) activity is markedly reduced ...
