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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Genetic Screening for Growth Hormone Therapy in Children Small for Gestational Age: So Much to Consider, Still Much to Discover.

Claudio Giacomozzi

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone in Children Born Small for Gestational Age.Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme · 2023
    Article
  4. HeterozygousGenes · 2022
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claudio GiacomozziU.O.C. of Pediatrics, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Carlo Poma Hospital, ASST-Mantova, Mantova, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliera Carlo Poma · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children born small for gestational age (SGA), and failing to catch-up growth in their early years, are a heterogeneous group, comprising both known and undefined congenital disorders. Care for these children must encompass specific approaches to ensure optimal growth. The use of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) is an established therapy, which improves adult height in a proportion of these children, but not with uniform magnitude and not in all of them. This situation is complicated as the underlying cause of growth failure is often diagnosed during or even after rhGH treatment discontinuation with unknown consequences on adult height and long-term safety. This review focuses on the current evidence supporting potential benefits from early genetic screening in short SGA children. The pivotal role that a Next Generation Sequencing panel might play in helping diagnosis and discriminating good responders to rhGH from poor responders is discussed. Information stemming from genetic screening might allow the tailoring of therapy, as well as improving specific follow-up and management of family expectations, especially for those children with increased long-term risks. Finally, the role of national registries in collecting data from the genetic screening and clinical follow-up is considered.

Indexed as

Body HeightGenetic TestingGestational AgeGrowth DisordersHuman Growth HormoneHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, Newborn, DiseasesInfant, Small for Gestational AgeHuman Growth Hormonegeneticsgrowth hormonescreeningSGAshort stature childrensmall for gestational age

Identifiers

PMID34122345
PMCPMC8194404
OpenAlexW3168637507

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