title: Adult growth hormone deficiency syndrome: a personal approach to diagnosis, treatment and monitoring.
abstract: Therapy guidelines and monitoring should focus on symptoms and, from a laboratory standpoint, serum IGF-I concentrations. Successful interaction between the patient and the physician depends on awareness of the symptoms of the adult GHD syndrome and those associated with replacement therapy. Successful GH replacement therapy can lead to significant improvement in the patient's condition with great satisfaction with the treatment being expressed by the patient, their family and the physician.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019468:Disease Management; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone