title: Unlicensed uses for growth hormone.
abstract: Synthetic human growth hormone (GH) is licensed for the treatment of short stature in GH-deficient children and girls with Turner syndrome (gonadal dysgenesis). GH is now also being used to treat children with growth failure due to other causes, as replacement therapy in GH-deficient adults and as an anabolic drug in certain groups of non-GH-deficient adults. This article discusses these unlicensed uses.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017277:Drug Approval; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone