Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Effects of disease activity and recombinant human growth hormone on insulin-like growth factor 1, insulin-like growth factor binding proteins 1 and 3, and osteocalcin.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate possible mechanisms of growth impairment in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS: Eighteen prepubertal children with JRA and growth retardation received recombinant human growth hormone (rHuGH) for 1 year. Growth hormone profiles over 24 hours were obt...
Main Authors: | Davies, U, Jones, J, Reeve, J, Camacho-Hubner, C, Charlett, A, Ansell, B, Preece, M, Woo, P |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1997
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