Gregory, John Welbourn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5189-3812 2002. Metabolic effects of stopping growth hormone: body composition and energy expenditure. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism 15 (5) , pp. 1347-1350. |
Abstract
Discontinuation of growth hormone (GH) treatment at the end of childhood growth in individuals with GH deficiency has been shown to be associated with markedly increasing fat mass and decreasing metabolic rate. The association of these findings with increased abdominal fat and adverse changes in lipid biochemistry suggests that without longer-term GH therapy into adult life, these individuals will be at increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, the evidence that these adverse events do not arise in those shown to be GH sufficient on retesting emphasizes the principle that all individuals who received GH therapy for childhood-onset GH deficiency require careful re-evaluation of their GH secretion when growth is completed.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals, Body Composition/drug effects, Energy Metabolism/drug effects, Human Growth Hormone/adverse effects, Human Growth Hormone/deficiency, Humans, Lipid Metabolism |
Publisher: | Freund |
ISSN: | 0334-018X |
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Date of Acceptance: | 2002 |
Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2022 08:58 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/72814 |
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