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SCACCHI , Massimo

Last name: SCACCHI

First name: Massimo

2016 (v1)

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Bone turnover and mineral density in adult thalassemic patients: relationships with growth hormone secretory status and circulating somatomedins

Scacchi, Massimo Danesi, Leila Cattaneo, Agnese

Previous evidence supports a role for growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I deficiency in the pathophysiology of osteopenia/osteoporosis in adult thalassemia. Moreover, serum IGF-II has never been studied in this clinical condition. Thus, we elected to study the GH secretory status and the levels of circulating somatomedins,...

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