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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2019

ey0016.4-6 | Clinical Trials | ESPEYB16

4.6. rhIGF-1/rhIGFBP-3 in preterm Infants: A phase 2 randomized controlled trial

D Ley , B Hallberg , I Hansen-Pupp , C Dani , LA Ramenghi , N Marlow , K Beardsall , F Bhatti , D Dunger , JD Higginson , A Mahaveer , OJ Mezu-Ndubuisi , P Reynolds , C Giannantonio , M van Weissenbruch , N Barton , A Tocoian , M Hamdani , E Jochim , A Mangili , JK Chung , MA Turner , LEH Smith , A Hellstrom

To read the full abstract: J Pediatr. 2019;206:56–65.e8.IGF-I plays a key role in fetal growth and development [1]. IGF-I exerts pleiotropic effects including cell proliferation, survival and differentiation, but also influencing metabolism and angiogenesis.Very preterm newborns show a rapid decline serum IGF-I concentrations that remain low for the first week...