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Cases tied to long-discontinued childhood medical procedure
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Cases tied to long-discontinued childhood medical procedure
Five of eight British children who received human growth hormone from the pituitary glands of deceased donors went on to develop early-onset Alzheimer's disease many decades later, researchers report.
Five people who received treatment with cadaver-sourced human pituitary-derived growth hormone during childhood developed early Alzheimer’s disease.
Five Alzheimer's cases were tied to a growth hormone treatment that was once used for various causes of short stature but is no longer used.
Five of eight British children who received human growth hormone from the pituitary glands of deceased donors went on to develop early-onset Alzheimer's disease many decades later, researchers report.