The Changing Face of Paediatric Human Growth Hormone Therapy
Human growth hormone (hGH) has been used therapeutically to promote growth in children for over 60 years. Pituitary-extracted hGH has demonstrated positive growth promotion since the early 1960s. In 1985, prion-induced contamination of hGH triggered a global epidemic of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease tha...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-07-01
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| Series: | Endocrines |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-396X/3/3/33 |