Change in Total Body Water as a Predictive Tool for Growth Hormone Treatment Response
Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 08/17/2012
Ernst MAB et al. – Changes in body composition data measured by Total body water (TBW) are a valuable tool to correctly predict 75% of the growth hormone deficiency (GHD) children and are only useful in small for gestational age (SGA) children when the change in TBW is above the cut–off value of 0.7 l/m2.



