Adult growth hormone deficiency : current understanding, diagnosis and treatment / / Kevin C.J. Yuen |
Autore | Yuen Kevin C. J. (Barrow Neurological Institute, USA) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Henry Stewart Talks, 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (36 min.) : color, sound) |
Collana | The biomedical & life sciences collection |
Soggetto topico |
Dwarfism, Pituitary - Diagnosis
Dwarfism, Pituitary - Hormone therapy Growth disorders Somatotropin - Therapeutic use Adult Dwarfism, Pituitary - diagnosis Dwarfism, Pituitary - drug therapy Dwarfism, Pituitary - physiopathology Human Growth Hormone - deficiency Human Growth Hormone - therapeutic use Prevalence |
Formato | Videoregistrazioni |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents: Adult GHD diagnosis -- Adult GHD treatment -- Screening of adult GHD -- AACE 2019 CPG algorithm -- Pros and cons of GH stimulation tests -- Starting doses recommendations in GHD adults -- Use of GH for anti-aging -- Long-term effects of GH -- High prevalence of undiagnosed GHD in transition patients -- Use of GH for fertility and during pregnancy -- Use of GH for sports -- LAGH preparations. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910909155803321 |
Yuen Kevin C. J. (Barrow Neurological Institute, USA) | ||
London, : Henry Stewart Talks, 2023 | ||
Videoregistrazioni | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Current indications for growth hormone therapy / / volume editor, Peter C. Hindmarsh |
Edizione | [2nd, rev. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel ; ; New York, : Karger, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
Disciplina | 615/.363 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HindmarshP. C (Peter C.) |
Collana | Endocrine development |
Soggetto topico |
Somatotropin - Therapeutic use
Somatotropin |
ISBN |
1-283-15352-1
9786613153524 3-8055-9195-0 |
Classificazione | 610 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Clinical Trials: Planning and Analysis""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Statistical Structure for Planning of Trials""; ""Randomization""; ""Outcomes in Studies of Growth Hormone Therapy""; ""Longitudinal Measurements""; ""Multiple Outcomes""; ""Issues Related to Trial Design""; ""Interpretation of Negative Trials""; ""Non-Inferiority Trials""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: The Evidence Base for Growth Hormone Effectiveness in Children""; ""Abstract""; ""Evidence Is Not Truth � How Do We Know What We Know?""
""GH Therapy � How Do We Define Benefit and What Is the Evidence?""""Height Screening/Monitoring""; ""Bone Age and Predicted Height as a Surrogate""; ""Where Does Evidence-Based Child Health Fit in Endocrinology""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chaper 3: Safety of Recombinant Human GrowthHormone""; ""Abstract""; ""Short-Term Safety Issues""; ""Longer Term Safety Considerations""; ""Tumour Risk and Growth Hormone Treatment""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Deficiency""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Clinical Examination and Auxology"" ""Measuring GH Secretion""""Using Downstream Targets of GH Action � IGF-1 and IGFBP-3""; ""Neuroradiology""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Biological Determinants of Responsiveness to Growth Hormone: Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Pharmacogenomics of Growth""; ""GH Insensitivity (GHI)""; ""GH Receptor""; ""Altered GHR Signaling""; ""Growth Responsiveness to GH Therapy, the Impact of the Growth Plate""; ""Conclusions""; ""References"" ""Chapter 6: Clinical Considerations in Using Growth Hormone Therapy in Growth Hormone Deficiency""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Growth Hormone Therapy""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Current Indications for Growth Hormone Therapy for Children and Adolescents""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)""; ""Chronic Renal Insufficiency (CRI), also Known as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)""; ""Turner Syndrome (TS)""; ""Children Born Small-for-Gestational Age (SGA), Who Fail to Catch Up to the Normal Growth Channels""; ""Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)"" ""Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS)""""SHOX Gene Haploinsufficiency (SHOX)""; ""Noonan Syndrome (NS)""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: GH Use in the Transition of Adolescence to Adulthood""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Who, When and How Do We Retest for GH Deficiency during Transition?""; ""Efficacy Data""; ""Dose""; ""Follow-Up""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163021603321 |
Basel ; ; New York, : Karger, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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