ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Treatment with recombinant growth hormone (rGH) is safe and has greatly improved the approach of children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) and other growth disorders. Some studies show that most of the height gain associated with GH treatment occurs in prepubertal years. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of age at start of the treatment on final height in children with isolated or GHD in a Portuguese cohort.<p class="abstext"...