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Treatment with growth hormone increases lipoprotein(a) serum levels in children with chronic renal insufficiency

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Abbreviations

Apo(a):

apolipoprotein(a)

CRF:

chronic renal failure

GH:

growth hormone

Lp(a):

lipoprotein(a)

rhGH:

recombinant human growth hormone

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  1. University Children's Hospital, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-50924, Cologne, Germany

    U. Querfeld & D. V. Michalk

  2. University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

    D. Haffner, E. Wühl & O. Mehls

  3. University Children's Hospital, Essen, Germany

    A. -M. Wingen

  4. Immuno AG, Heidelberg, Germany

    K. Wolter & B. Friedrich

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Querfeld, U., Haffner, D., Wühl, E. et al. Treatment with growth hormone increases lipoprotein(a) serum levels in children with chronic renal insufficiency. Eur J Pediatr 155, 913 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02282846

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