Growth Hormone Deficiency: Optimizing Therapy and New Issues[J] . The Indian Journal of Pediatrics . 2012 (2)Rappaport R.Growth hormone deficiency: optimizing therapy and new issues,.lndian J Pediatr.2012.224-228Raphaël Rappaport.Growth Hormone Deficiency: Optimizing Therapy and New Issues[J]. ...
Acquired growth hormone deficiency may result from trauma, infections (eg, encephalitis, meningitis), cranial irradiation (somatotrophs appear to be the most radiation-sensitive cells in the pituitary), and other systemic diseases (particularly histiocytosis). Although most instances of isolated growth h...
GH deficiencychildhoodadolescenceadulthoodagingThe diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in childhood is a multifaceted process requiring comprehensive clinical, auxologic, biochemical tests of the GH-IGF axis, and radiologic evaluations. It is well known that impaired GH responses to provocative ...
To discuss the approach to patients diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in childhood during the transition period from puberty to adulthood, focusing on the following: (1) physiology; (2) effects of recombinant human GH (rhGH) interruption/reinstitution after adult height achievement; (...
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CONGENITAL GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY (cGH-D) ASSOCIATED WITH MICROPENIS: A “TRANSITORY ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME?”. Pediatr Res 20, 1187 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198611000-00082 Download citation Issue Date01 November 1986 DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198611000-00082 ...
The introduction of recombinant human GH (rhGH) in 1985 ended the phase of pituitary-derived human growth hormone (hGH) and its associated limitations and risks, opening the possibility of widespread clinical use GH deficiency (GHD) is a syndrome with many different causes and is associated with...
Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone and Growth Hormone: Genetic Studies in Familial Growth Hormone Deficiency ALAN D. ROGOL, ROBERT M. BLIZZARD, THOMAS P. FOLEY, JR., RICHARD FURLANETTO, RICHARD SELDEN, KELLY MAYO, AND MICHAEL 0. THORNER Departments of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Internal Medicine,...
Growth hormone is a hormone produced in the anterior pituitary gland that promotes growth in children with growth hormone deficiency and is also used medically in adults with certain conditions involving tissue breakdown. From:Doping, Performance Enhancing Drugs, and Hormones in Sport,2018 ...
Background: One of the main concerns in chronic diseases such as growth hormone (GH) deficiency is adherence to the treatment, which significantly affects treatment outcomes. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 169 GH recipient childr