Treatment with human growth hormone (Li) for over eight years--effects of long-term therapy in a pituitary dwarf

Escamilla RF; R F Escamilla; Forsham PH; P H Forsham

Treatment with human growth hormone (Li) for over eight years--effects of long-term therapy in a pituitary dwarf

Escamilla RF, R F Escamilla, Forsham PH, P H Forsham

California medicine · 1971 · vol. 115(6) , pp. 72–6 · PMID:5132529 · PMC1518177

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This case report describes the long-term administration of human growth hormone for over eight years to treat a patient with pituitary dwarfism, detailing the clinical effects of this extended therapy.

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Dwarfism, Pituitary Growth Hormone Adolescent Adult Child Dwarfism, Pituitary Dwarfism, Pituitary Fluoxymesterone Fluoxymesterone Growth Growth Hormone Humans Male Skull Fractures Skull Fractures Thyroxine Thyroxine Time Factors

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