Title : Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in adult thalassaemic patients - Scacchi_2007_Clin.Endocrinol.(Oxf)_67_790 |
Author(s) : Scacchi M , Danesi L , Cattaneo A , Valassi E , Pecori Giraldi F , Argento C , D'Angelo E , Mirra N , Carnelli V , Zanaboni L , Cappellini MD , Cavagnini F |
Ref : Clinical Endocrinology (Oxf) , 67 :790 , 2007 |
Abstract :
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Short stature and growth hormone deficiency (GHD) are frequent occurrences in thalassaemic children, while data on the prevalence of GHD in adult patients are lacking. Therefore, we elected to study the growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I (GH-IGF-I) axis in a large group of adult thalassaemic subjects. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study on the prevalence of GHD in 94 adult thalassaemic patients (69 with thalassaemia major and 25 with thalassaemia intermedia, 39 men and 55 women, aged 31.5 +/- 6.8 years, on sex steroid replacement when necessary). |
PubMedSearch : Scacchi_2007_Clin.Endocrinol.(Oxf)_67_790 |
PubMedID: 17608814 |
Scacchi M, Danesi L, Cattaneo A, Valassi E, Pecori Giraldi F, Argento C, D'Angelo E, Mirra N, Carnelli V, Zanaboni L, Cappellini MD, Cavagnini F (2007)
Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in adult thalassaemic patients
Clinical Endocrinology (Oxf)
67 :790
Scacchi M, Danesi L, Cattaneo A, Valassi E, Pecori Giraldi F, Argento C, D'Angelo E, Mirra N, Carnelli V, Zanaboni L, Cappellini MD, Cavagnini F (2007)
Clinical Endocrinology (Oxf)
67 :790