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Growth hormon therapy
Is it safe of growth hormone therapy? Have any side effect? What are the result of therapy.? Is it effective? On which age it shows best result?
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Dr. Chethan R S
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6 yrs exp
Bangalore
If an exogenous source was provided, the growth region of the bone known as the epiphyseal plate has already shut down, so you'd only grow laterally. If you get doses of growth hormone as an adult, you develop a condition known as acromegaly...
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