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Evaluation of an insulin-like growth factor I-based growth hormone dosing regimen for children with short stature

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boxed-textCohen P et al. (2007) Insulin growth factor-based dosing of growth hormone therapy in children: a randomized, controlled study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92: 2480–2486

Although the measurement of circulating IGF-I levels during GH treatment of children is practical, and might be useful to assess the appropriate GH dose, the clinical response to therapy is more important

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Steven Chernausek has served as a consultant and received research support from Eli Lilly and Tercica, and grant support and speaker honoraria from Novo Nordisk.

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