Current Practice in Diagnosis and Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Childhood: A Survey from Turkey

Poyrazoglu, Sukran; Akçay, Teoman; Arslanoglu, Ilknur; Atabek, Mehmet; Atay, Zeynep; Berberoglu, Merih; Bereket, Abdullah; Bideci, Aysun; Bircan, Iffet; Bober, Ece; Can, Sule; Cesur, Yaşar; Darcan, Sukran; Demir, Korcan; Dundar, Bumin; Ersoy, Betul; Esen, Ihsan; Guven, Ayla; Kara, Cengiz; Keskin, Mehmet; Kurtoglu, Selim; Memioglu, Nihal; Ozbek, Mehmet; Ozgen, Tolga; Sari, Erkan; Siklar, Zeynep; Simsek, Enver; Turan, Serap; Yesilkaya, Ediz; Yuksel, Bilgin; Darendeliler, Feyza

doi:10.4274/jcrpe.1794

Current Practice in Diagnosis and Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Childhood: A Survey from Turkey

Poyrazoglu S., Akçay T., Arslanoglu I., Atabek M. E., Atay Z., Berberoglu M., ...More

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol.7, no.1, pp.37-44, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.4274/jcrpe.1794
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.37-44
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Approaches to diagnosis and treatment of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in children vary among countries and even among centers in the same country. This survey, aiming to facilitate the process of preparing the new consensus on GHD by the Turkish Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Society, was designed to evaluate the current practices in diagnosis and treatment of GHD in different centers in Turkey.