Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) treatment of infants and young children with chronic renal failure.
Infants with chronic renal failure often grow badly despite medical management. rhGH treatment results in good catch-up growth and should be used in infants who do not respond to conservative management.
Maxwell
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Royal Free Hospital, London.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006128:Growth / Q000187:drug effects; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis
D019382:Human Growth Hormone