Pediatric growth hormone treatment in Italy: A systematic review of epidemiology, quality of life, treatment adherence, and economic impact

• Massimiliano Orso ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: massi.orso@hotmail.it

  Affiliation C.R.E.A. Sanità (Centre for Applied Economic Research in Healthcare), Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0200-1202

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• Barbara Polistena,

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

  Affiliations C.R.E.A. Sanità (Centre for Applied Economic Research in Healthcare), Rome, Italy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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• Simona Granato,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Department, Pfizer Italia, Rome, Italy

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• Giuseppe Novelli,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Pfizer Italia, Rome, Italy

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• Roberto Di Virgilio,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Pfizer Italia, Rome, Italy

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• Daria La Torre,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Medical Affairs, Pfizer Rare Disease, Rome, Italy

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• Daniela d’Angela,

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

  Affiliations C.R.E.A. Sanità (Centre for Applied Economic Research in Healthcare), Rome, Italy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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• Federico Spandonaro

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

  Affiliations C.R.E.A. Sanità (Centre for Applied Economic Research in Healthcare), Rome, Italy, San Raffaele University, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-2850

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