Association between Decreased Klotho Blood Levels and Organic Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children with Growth Impairment

Ido Wolf; Shiri Shahmoon; Michal Ben Ami; Yael Levy-Shraga; Kineret Mazor-Aronovitch; Orit Pinhas-Hamiel; Yonatan Yeshayahu; Rina Hemi; Hannah Kanety; Tami Rubinek; Dalit Modan-Moses

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107174

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Association between Decreased Klotho Blood Levels and Organic Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children with Growth Impairment

Ido Wolf ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ido Wolf, Shiri Shahmoon

Affiliations Institute of Oncology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Shiri Shahmoon ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ido Wolf, Shiri Shahmoon

Affiliations Institute of Oncology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Michal Ben Ami,

Affiliation Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Yael Levy-Shraga,

Affiliation Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Kineret Mazor-Aronovitch,

Affiliation Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Orit Pinhas-Hamiel,

Affiliations Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Yonatan Yeshayahu,

Affiliation Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Rina Hemi,

Affiliation Institute of Endocrinology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Hannah Kanety,

Affiliation Institute of Endocrinology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Tami Rubinek ,

¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Dalit Modan-Moses

* E-mail: dmodan@sheba.health.gov.il

¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Association between Decreased Klotho Blood Levels and Organic Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children with Growth Impairment

Ido Wolf,
Shiri Shahmoon,
Michal Ben Ami,
Yael Levy-Shraga,
Kineret Mazor-Aronovitch,
Orit Pinhas-Hamiel,
Yonatan Yeshayahu,
Rina Hemi,
Hannah Kanety,
Tami Rubinek

Published: September 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107174

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