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...

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Hauptverfasser: Davies, U, Jones, J, Reeve, J, Camacho-Hubner, C, Charlett, A, Ansell, B, Preece, M, Woo, P
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1997