Effect of Growth Hormone Treatment on Adult Height in Peripubertal Children with Idiopathic Short Stature: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Work
Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: GH is often used to treat children with idiopathic short stature despite the lack of definitive, long-term studies of efficacy. We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to det... more
Authors Ellen W. Leschek, Susan R. Rose, Jack A. Yanovski, James Troendle, Charmian A. Quigley +7 more
Institutions Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Eli Lilly (United States), Thomas Jefferson University +2 more
Cites: 58
Cited by: 225
Related to: 10
FWCI: 11.21
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 99.99
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Sustainable Development Goal Good health and well-being
Open Access status: bronze