Weekly shot could replace daily injections for kids with growth hormone deficiency
NCT ID NCT03811535
Summary
This study tested whether a new weekly growth hormone injection (somapacitan) works as well and is as safe as the standard daily injection (Norditropin®) for children with growth hormone deficiency. Over 200 children participated in this 4-year trial, where they were randomly assigned to receive either the weekly or daily treatment. The main goal was to see if children grew at a similar rate with the weekly injection, which would offer a more convenient option for families.
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A.I. duPont Hospital for Children/Nemours
Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States
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Addenbrooke's Hospital_Cambridge
Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center
Obu-shi, Aichi, 474-8710, Japan
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Ajou University Hospital
Gyeonggi-do, 16499, South Korea
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Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Liverpool, L12 2AP, United Kingdom
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Dehli, New Delhi, 110029, India
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Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences & Research Centre
Kochi, Kerala, 682041, India
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Ap-Hp-Hopital Necker-2
Paris, 75015, France
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Ap-Hp-Hopital de Bicetre-1
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94270, France
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Asan Medical Center
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille-Hopital de La Timone-2
Marseille, 13005, France
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Auf der Bult Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum Hannover
Hanover, 30159, Germany
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CCHMC_Cinc
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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CHI Crumlin Dept of Endocrinology
Dublin, D12 N512, Ireland
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CHU Bab El Oued Pediatrics Dept
Algiers, 16000, Algeria
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers-2
Angers, 49100, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux-Hopital Pellegrin
Bordeaux, 33000, France
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Children's Clinical University Hospital
Riga, 1004, Latvia
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Children's Hosp Of Orange
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Endocrinology
Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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Children's Mercy Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri, 64111, United States
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Children's Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55102, United States
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Children's clinical city hospital #1
Novosibirsk, 630048, Russia
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Cook Children's Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States
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Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin, Texas, 78723, United States
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Endo and Diab Dept El Oued
Algiers, 16000, Algeria
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Endokrinologikum Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, 60596, Germany
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FSBEI of Higher Education "Rostov State Medical University"
Rostov-on-Don, 344013, Russia
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Fukuoka Children's Hospital_Endocrinology and Metabolism
Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 813-0017, Japan
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Fukuyama City Hospital_Department of Pediatrics
Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima, 721-8511, Japan
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Goryeb Children's Hospital
Morristown, New Jersey, 07962, United States
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HOPITAL DES ENFANTS-HOPITAL PAULE DE VIGUIER - Pharmacie
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Hamamatsu Univ. School of Medicine Hospital, Pediatrics
Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan
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Haukeland Universitetssykehus, Barneklinikken
Bergen, 5021, Norway
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Hopital de Bicetre_Le Kremlin-Bicetre
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275, France
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Hopital de La Timone
Marseille Cédex 05, 13385, France
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Hospital Clínico de Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15706, Spain
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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Esplugues Llobregat(Barcelona), 08950, Spain
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Hull Royal Infirmary
Hull, HU3 2JZ, United Kingdom
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Hyogo Prefectual Kobe Children's Hospital Dept. Metab & endo
Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan
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IRCCS Meyer Firenze
Florence, 50139, Italy
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Ibaraki Children's Hospital_General Pediatrics
Mito, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan
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Inha University Hospital
Incheon, 22332, South Korea
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Inje University Busan Paik Hospital
Busan, 47392, South Korea
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Institute for Health Care of Children and Adolescents
Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia
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Institute for Mother and Child Health Care of Serbia
Belgrade, 11070, Serbia
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Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital_Pediatrics
Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
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Instytut ''Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka''
Warsaw, 04-730, Poland
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Jehangir Clinical Development Centre
Pune, Maharashtra, 411001, India
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KOUJIYA Kodomo Clinic
Tokyo, 144-0034, Japan
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Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Dev. Endo and Metabo
Kanagawa, 232-8555, Japan
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Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital
Seoul, 05355, South Korea
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Keio University Hospital, Pediatrics
Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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Kharkiv Regional Children's Clinical Hospital - Endocrinological department
Kharkiv, 61093, Ukraine
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Kinderspital Endokrinologie, Zürich
Zurich, 8032, Switzerland
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King Chulalongkorn Memorial hospital_Ped-Endocrinology
Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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Kliniczny Szpital Wojewodzki nr 2 im. Sw. Jadwigi Krolowej w Rzeszowie
Rzeszów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, 35-301, Poland
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Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism of NAMSU - Department of paediatric endocrine pathology
Kyiv, 04114, Ukraine
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Kurume University Hospital, Pediatrics
Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan
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Kyungpook National University Hospital
Daegu, 41944, South Korea
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LKH Salzburg- Univ. Klinik f. Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde
Salzburg, A 5020, Austria
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LKH St. Poelten, Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde
Sankt Pölten, 3100, Austria
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Med. Kinder- und Poliklinik
Bern, 3010, Switzerland
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Med. Univ. Graz -Klinische Abteilung f. Allgemeine Pädiatrie
Graz, 8036, Austria
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Meir MC - Department of Paediatrics
Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel
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Mntrl Chldrn Hsptl PedEndoMUHC
Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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MultiCare Inst for Res & Innov
Tacoma, Washington, 98405, United States
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NYU Langone Hospital-LI
Mineola, New York, 11501, United States
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Nara Prefecture General Medical Center_ Nara-shi, Nara
Nara-shi, Nara, 630-8581, Japan
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National Center for Child Health and Dev, Endo and Metabo
Tokyo, 157 8535, Japan
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National Hospital Organization FUKUYAMA MEDICAL CENTER
Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima, 720-8520, Japan
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Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital_Pediatrics
Niigata-shi, Niigata, 951 8520, Japan
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Okayama Medical Center_Cardiology
Okayama-shi, Okayama, 701-1192, Japan
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Osaka City General Hospital, Pediatric Endocrinology and Me
Osaka, 534-0021, Japan
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Osaka University Hospital_Pediatrics
Suita-shi, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital
Osaka, 594-1101, Japan
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Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico UO Endocrinologia Diabetolgia
Milan, 20122, Italy
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Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu
Roma, 00165, Italy
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Ospedale Pediatrico Gaslini
Genova, 16147, Italy
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Ped Endo Assoc PC-G.V
Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111-2803, United States
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Pediatric Endocrine & Wellness Center
Aventura, Florida, 33180, United States
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Phramongkutklao Hospital_Ped-Endo_Pediatrics
Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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RMAPE
Moscow, 125373, Russia
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Rambam MC - Department of Pediatrics A
Haifa, 31096, Israel
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Republic Children's Hospital of Ministry of Health of Udmurt
Izhevsk, 426009, Russia
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Rigshospitalet Klinik for Vækst og Reproduktion Afsnit 5064
Copenhagen Ø, 2100, Denmark
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Riley Hospital For Children
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Rocky Mt Ped and Endo
Centennial, Colorado, 80112, United States
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Royal London Hospital_London
London, E1 1BB, United Kingdom
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Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom
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SPSBHI City Children out-patient clinic #44
Saint Petersburg, 191144, Russia
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SPSK nr 1 im Prof. T Sokolowskiego
Szczecin, 71-252, Poland
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Saitama Children's Medical Center, Endocrinorogy&Metabolism
Saitama-shi, Saitama, 330-8777, Japan
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Salzkammergut-Klinikum Vöcklabruck
Vöcklabruck, 4840, Austria
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Samara Regional Children Clinical Hospital n.a. N.N. Ivanova
Samara, 443079, Russia
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Samsung Medical Center_Seoul
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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Schneider MC - Endrocrinology and Diabetes
Petah Tikva, 49202, Israel
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Setchenov First Moscow State Medical University
Moscow, 119435, Russia
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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Shamir MC - Pediatric and Adolescents Endocrinology unit
Ẕerifin, 7033001, Israel
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Siberian State Medical University
Tomsk, 634050, Russia
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St George's Hospital
Tooting, SW17 0RE, United Kingdom
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St Georges Hospital
Tooting, SW17 0RE, United Kingdom
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Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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Sutter Valley Med Fdt Ped Endo
Sacramento, California, 95821, United States
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Szegedi Tudományegyetem Gyermekgyógyászati Klinika
Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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Tallinn Children's Hospital
Tallinn, 13419, Estonia
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Tanaka Growth Clinic
Tokyo, 158-0097, Japan
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Tartu University Hospital Children's Clinic
Tartu, 50406, Estonia
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The Docs
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89113, United States
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Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center_Endo and Metab
Tokyo, 183-8561, Japan
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UBMD Peds-Div of Endo/Diabetes
Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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UPMC Child Hosp-Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States
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Uniklinik Tübingen - Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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Uniklinik Ulm - Dt. Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit (DZKJ)
Ulm, 89075, Germany
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Univ Oklahoma Sci Ctr OK City
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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Univ of AL at Birmingham_BRM
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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Univ of Minnesota M.C.H.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454, United States
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Univ.HP, Kyoto Pref Univ of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics
Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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University Children's Hospital
Ljubljana, 1525, Slovenia
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University Children's Hospital Tirsova
Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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University Clinical Centre Kragujevac
Kragujevac, 34000, Serbia
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University Clinical Centre Nis
Niš, RS, 18 000, Serbia
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University OF Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States
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Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel
Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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Valley Children's Hospital
Madera, California, 93636-8762, United States
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Van Meter Pediatric Endo PC
Atlanta, Georgia, 30318, United States
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Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Endocrinological Centre - Therapeutic department #2
Vinnytsia, 21010, Ukraine
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WakeMed Childn Endo-Dbt_Raleig
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27610, United States
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Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, 06504, United States
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endocrino-diabetology department, Hospital IBN BADIS.
Constantine, 25000, Algeria
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Észak-Közép-budai Centrum, Szent János Kórház és Szakrendelő
Budapest, 1023, Hungary
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