...Andy Toogood Background: The Pfizer International Metabolic Database (KIMS), a large pharmacoepidemiologic database for adults with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), was recently analyzed to determine which tests are in use to assess GHD and how well they correlate. At the time of this analysis...

... Growth hormone replacement KIMS The main focuses in relation to restoring adverse body composition have been on fat mass and its relation to cardiovascular risk (since the accumulated fat is mainly located intra-abdominally [ 7 ]) and on bones, as a result of an increase in risk of fractures...

... with untreated GHD enrolled in the Pfizer International Metabolic Database (KIMS). © 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. KIGS KIMS Growth hormone Growth hormone deficiency Clinical decision making Clinical database The widespread use of growth hormone (GH) therapy in children with growth...

..., body mass and body mass index. These conclusions are broadly supported by data from KIMS (Pharmacia International Metabolic Database), which also show that women are more susceptible than men to symptoms of fluid retention during GH replacement. Very few children undergoing GH therapy experience fluid...