| Literature DB >> 1911137 |
L Rees1, S P Rigden, C Chantler.
Abstract
Long-term steroid therapy has a depressant effect on hypothalamo-pituitary pulsatile secretion of growth hormone (GH), and this results in an attenuated pubertal growth spurt. Oxandrolone and recombinant human GH improve growth rates in children taking long-term steroid therapy for renal disease, but there are potential side effects. Treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin improved the growth of three prepubertal, but not three pubertal haemodialysis patients.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1911137 DOI: 10.1007/bf01453701
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Nephrol ISSN: 0931-041X Impact factor: 3.714