Estrogen replacement therapy: effects of starting age on final height of girls with chronic kidney disease and short stature

• Main Authors: Davoud Amirkashani (Author), Farzaneh Rohani (Author), Mahmoud Khodadost (Author), Rozita Hoseini (Author), Hamidreza Alidoost (Author), Sedigheh Madani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction We investigated the age of starting Estrogen replacement therapy as a key parameter for reaching near normal Final Height (FH) in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) girls with growth retardation. Method This open label, quasi-experimental designed and matched controlled clinical tria...