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2. Growth hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   Cadaver growth hormone is the term for GH extracted from the pituitary glands of human cadavers between 1960 and 1985 for therapy of deficient children. In the U.S., cadaver GH, also referred to as NPA growth hormone , was provided by the National Pituitary Agency, and by other national programs and commercial firms as well.

3. Decades-old human growth hormone treatments linked to five ...

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   Cadaver-derived growth hormone was given to 27,000 children worldwide from 1959 to 1985, according to the new study, including about 7,700 patients in the United States. Doctors used hormones ...

4. Pfizer-OPKO's growth hormone drug gets US approval in kids - AOL

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   June 28, 2023 at 4:09 AM. By Leroy Leo. (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer Inc and partner OPKO Health Inc's treatment for growth hormone deficiency in children ...

5. Growth hormone - Wikipedia

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   Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone (hGH or HGH) in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals. It is thus important in human development. GH also stimulates production of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and increases ...

6. Growth hormone deficiency - Wikipedia

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   Unclear [2] Growth hormone deficiency (GHD), or human growth hormone deficiency, is a medical condition resulting from not enough growth hormone (GH). [3] Generally the most noticeable symptom is that an individual attains a short height. [1] Newborns may also present low blood sugar or a small penis size. [2]

7. Insulin-like growth factor 1 - Wikipedia

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   Insulin-like growth factor 1. Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), also called somatomedin C, is a hormone similar in molecular structure to insulin which plays an important role in childhood growth, and has anabolic effects in adults. [5] In the 1950s IGF-1 was called " sulfation factor" because it stimulated sulfation of cartilage in vitro ...