Pediatr. praxi. 2012;13(2):83-87
Current status of treatment of growth disorders
- Dětská klinika FN, Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Lékařská fakulta v Plzni
An examination of a child with growth disorder must always be complex. Current indications to the growth hormone therapy are: growth
hormone deficiency in children, growth hormone deficiency in adults (severe deficiency of growth hormone), Turner syndrome, growth
failure in children with chronic renal failure, growth failure in children with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR/SGA, intrauterine
growth retardation/small for gestational age), Prader-Willi syndrome, deficiency of SHOX gene (e.g. Leri-Weill syndrome). In other cases
of growth disorder we have to exclude primary cause (e.g. therapy of hypothyroidism, diet in coeliac disease).
Keywords: short stature, growth disorder, growth hormone therapy
Published: April 25, 2012 Show citation
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