Growth Hormone Treatment on Atherosclerosis: Results of a 5-Year Open, Prospective, Controlled Study in Male Patients with Severe Growth Hormone Deficiency - Concepedia

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Growth Hormone Treatment on Atherosclerosis: Results of a 5-Year Open, Prospective, Controlled Study in Male Patients with Severe Growth Hormone Deficiency

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2008

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Annamaria Colao, Carolina Di Somma, Stefano Spiezia, Silvia Savastano, Francesca Silvia Rota, Maria Cristina Savanelli, Gaetano Lombardi

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Abstract

Severely hypopituitary GHD men have more frequently increased IMT at common carotid arteries and IRS than controls. After 5 years, only in GH replaced patients, IMT and prevalence of IRS decreased.

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