Inhaled Growth Hormone Safe For Children Deficient In This Key Protein, Study Suggests
Monday, July 6, 2009 - 22:28
in Health & Medicine
Endocrinologists have found that inhaled growth hormone is well tolerated by children with growth hormone deficiency and that this easy-to-use method can safely deliver GH to the blood stream. This first pediatric study of administering GH through the lungs may also help researchers interested in using this convenient method for effectively delivering other types of medications to children.
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