Endocrinology

Higher dose, earlier start to GH therapy can lead to greater growth response

Amongst patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), Turner syndrome (TS), Noonan syndrome (NS), and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), long-term use of growth hormone therapy results in large increases in height standard deviation scores (HSDS), with greater gains achieved with higher GH doses and earlier initiation of therapy, according to a study....