Does earlier initiation of growth hormone therapy improve outcomes in children with Silver-Russell syndrome?
- 25 September 2026
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
Abstract
In children with SRS (patients), does initiation of recombinant GH therapy before 4 years of age (intervention) result in greater improvements in height and cardiometabolic outcomes (outcome) compared with initiation at 4 years or later (comparison)?Keywords
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