Does Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy reduce mortality?

Does Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy reduce mortality in adults with growth hormone deficiency?
Data from the Dutch National Registry of Growth Hormone Treatment in Adults.

Hans Koppeschaar, medical advisor at ATIA was partner in a nationwide cohort study that investigated the effect of GH treatment on all-cause and cause-specific mortality and analyzed patient characteristics influencing mortality in GHD adults.

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Department of Internal Medicine, Section Endocrinology (C.C.v.B., I.C.v.N., L.I.A., M.L.D.),
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (M.W.H.),VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
Department of Internal Medicine (A.A.M.F.), Isala Clinics,  Zwolle-The Netherlands;
Emotional Brain and Alan Turing Institute for Multidisciplinary Health Research (H.P.F.K.), 1311 RL Almere-The Netherlands;
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (A.J.v.d.L.), Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam-The Netherlands.

 

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