Use of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in pubertal patients with renal disease.
Growth during puberty in renal failure and following renal transplantation is often poor. Treatment with rhGH improved height SDS in 13 pubertal children with renal disease.
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Royal Free Hospital, London.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D006113:United Kingdom
D019382:Human Growth Hormone