Growth hormone prescribing and initial BMI SDS: Increased biochemical adverse effects and costs in obese children without additional gain in height

Daniel B. Hawcutt; Jennifer Bellis; Victoria Price; Anne Povall; Paul Newland; Paul Richardson; Matthew Peak; Jo Blair

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181567

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Growth hormone prescribing and initial BMI SDS: Increased biochemical adverse effects and costs in obese children without additional gain in height

Daniel B. Hawcutt,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8120-6507

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Jennifer Bellis,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Paediatric Medicines Research Unit, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Research Department, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Victoria Price,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Department, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Anne Povall,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Department, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Paul Newland,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Paul Richardson,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Department, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Matthew Peak,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Paediatric Medicines Research Unit, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Research Department, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Jo Blair

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jo.blair@alderhey.nhs.uk

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Growth hormone prescribing and initial BMI SDS: Increased biochemical adverse effects and costs in obese children without additional gain in height

Daniel B. Hawcutt,
Jennifer Bellis,
Victoria Price,
Anne Povall,
Paul Newland,
Paul Richardson,
Matthew Peak,
Jo Blair

Published: July 17, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181567

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