Since human pituitary growth hormone (GH) became available for treatment in 1960,
followed in 1985 by recombinant human GH (rhGH), the diagnosis of GH deficiency (GHD) …

The diagnosis and treatment of GH deficiency (GHD) during childhood and adolescence
have been the subject of much controversy (1–3). To insure that patients are appropriately …

Human growth hormone (hGH) treatment was started over 40 years ago in a GH deficient
(GHD) patient with pituitary GH (p-hGH). 1 Because of the shortage of phGH, at first, only …

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It has been known since the late 1950s that GH isolated from the pituitaries of humans and
anthropoid apes was capable of stimulating growth in children with deficient GH secretion (l …

Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a rare but important cause of short stature in childhood
with a prevalence of 1 in 4000. The diagnosis is currently based on an assessment of …

GH secretion was reevaluated after completion of GH treatment at a mean age of 19.2±3.2 yr
in 35 young adults with childhood-onset GH deficiency (GHD). The patients were subdivided …

Growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) in children is defined as impaired production of GH
by the pituitary gland that results in growth failure. This disease might be congenital or …

Background: The present survey among members of the ESPE on current practice in
diagnosis and treatment of growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) is of great clinical …

The diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in a child with impaired growth cannot
be made on the basis of auxological criteria alone, since these are common to a variety of …