hrp0097p1-132 | Growth and Syndromes | ESPE2023

One-year growth response and cost-effectiveness to Human recombinant growth hormone in girls with Turner Syndrome: Results from a large Egyptian retrospective study

Ibrahim Amany , Atef Abeer , Badawi Nora , Yassin Sahar , Helmy Eatemad

FDA licensed the use of human recombinant growth hormone (hGH) in girls with Turner Syndrome (TS) in 1997 as short stature is a consistent feature of this syndrome.Objective: we aimed to assess our 1-year experience of treating short girls with TS, to calculate their growth velocity, to analyze the patients’ characteristics and to investigate the possible factors that might affect their height gain.Me...