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Comparative Analysis of Human Growth Hormone in Serum Using SPRi, Nano-SPRi and ELISA Assays
Published on: January 7, 2016
Growth and growth hormone treatment in children with chronic diseases
Alba Morales Pozzo1, Stephen F Kemp
1Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202-3591, USA. MoralesAlba@uams.edu
Abstract:
Growth hormone has been available for treatment of various conditions for over 50 years. There have been a number of chronic disease states in which it has been used, such as chronic kidney disease, which became a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved indication in 1993. For other chronic disease states there have been clinical studies supporting its use, but they have not yet been approved as a indications by the FDA. Examples of such diseases are cystic fibrosis, chronic arthritis, short bowel syndrome, burn trauma, and hypophosphatemic rickets.
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