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Biweekly therapy inferior to weekly, daily therapy in GHD

PEGylated human growth hormone (PEG-rhGH) therapy in children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is inferior to either weekly PEG-rhGH or daily rhGH, according to a study. In this multicenter, phase IV trial, 585 Tanner stage I children with GHD were randomly assigned to receive 0.20 mg/kg once-weekly or biweekly PEG-rhGH,...