Combining exercise and growth hormone therapy: how can we translate from animal models to chronic kidney disease children?

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 Aug;31(8):1191-4. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfv461. Epub 2016 Jan 31.

Authors

Justine Bacchetta¹, Isidro B Salusky²

Affiliations

¹ Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Service de Néphrologie Rhumatologie Dermatologie Pédiatriques, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France INSERM 1033, Lyon, France Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.
² David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Abstract

…Exercise and rhGH: a win/win combination for bone, growth … and maybe the vasculature system later in life?

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Animals
Child
Growth Disorders
Growth Hormone*
Human Growth Hormone*
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Models, Animal
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

Substances

Human Growth Hormone
Growth Hormone

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