Body Composition Abnormalities in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome and Long-Term Effects of Growth Hormone Therapy

Growth Hormone Treatment of Abdominally Obese Men Reduces Abdominal Fat Mass, Improves Glucose and Lipoprotein Metabolism, and Reduces Diastolic Blood Pressure¹

1997 • 345 citations

The Effects of 10 Years of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (GH) in Adult GH-Deficient Patients

1999 • 318 citations

Body composition of a young, multiethnic female population

1997 • 260 citations

Determinants of body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Dutch children and adolescents

1997 • 227 citations

Growth Hormone Treatment of Abdominally Obese Men Reduces Abdominal Fat Mass, Improves Glucose and Lipoprotein Metabolism, and Reduces Diastolic Blood Pressure

1997 • 213 citations

Growth hormone improves body composition, fat utilization, physical strength and agility, and growth in Prader-Willi syndrome: A controlled study

1999 • 210 citations

Treatment of Obese, Diet-Restricted Subjects with Growth Hormone for 11 Weeks: Effects on Anabolism, Lipolysis, and Body Composition*

1988 • 185 citations

Comparisons between Hologic, Lunar and Norland dual-energy X-ray absorptiometers and other techniques used for whole-body soft tissue measurements.

1994 • 169 citations

Peculiar body composition in patients with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome

1997 • 168 citations

Sustained benefit after 2 years of growth hormone on body composition, fat utilization, physical strength and agility, and growth in Prader-Willi syndrome

2000 • 161 citations

Energy expenditure and body composition in Prader-Willi syndrome

1988 • 150 citations

Prader-Willi Syndrome after age 15 years.

1981 • 135 citations

Growth hormone treatment of obese women for 5 wk: effect on body composition and adipose tissue LPL activity

1994 • 129 citations

Growth hormone treatment of children with Prader-Willi syndrome affects linear growth and body composition favourably

1998 • 119 citations

Growth Hormone Secretion and Effects of Growth Hormone Therapy on Growth Velocity and Weight Gain in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome

1996 • 113 citations

Treatment with human growth hormone in patients with Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome reduces body fat and increases muscle mass and physical performance

1998 • 97 citations

COMPARATIVE RAPIDITY OF RESPONSE OF HEIGHT, LIMB MUSCLE AND LIMB FAT TO TREATMENT WITH HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE IN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY

1977 • 89 citations

Low-Dose Growth Hormone Treatment with Diet Restriction Accelerates Body Fat Loss, Exerts Anabolic Effect and Improves Growth Hormone Secretory Dysfunction in Obese Adults

1999 • 86 citations

Five years of growth hormone treatment in children with Prader‐Willi syndrome

1999 • 75 citations

Growth Hormone Normalises Height, Prediction of Final Height and Hand Length in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome after 4 Years of Therapy

2000 • 72 citations

Measuring body fatness in children and young adults: comparison of bioelectric impedance analysis, total body electrical conductivity, and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

1996 • 68 citations

Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of adipose tissue and muscle tissue mass in children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency, Turner's syndrome, and intrauterine growth retardation during the first year of treatment with GH.

1994 • 63 citations

Effect of growth hormone on height, weight, and body composition in Prader-Willi syndrome

1998 • 56 citations

Pituitary Evaluation and Growth Hormone Treatment in Prader-Willi Syndrome

1991 • 53 citations

One‐year results of growth hormone treatment of short stature in Prader—Willi syndrome

1997 • 45 citations

Persistent lipolytic effect of exogenous growth hormone during caloric restriction

1995 • 44 citations

Fat Mass in Infants and Toddlers: Comparability of Total Body Water, Total Body Potassium, Total Body Electrical Conductivity, and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry

1999 • 40 citations

Body composition analysis by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in female diabetics differ between manufacturers

1997 • 40 citations

Body Composition Studies in Prader-Willi Syndrome: Effects of Growth Hormone Therapy

1993 • 24 citations

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