title: Use of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in pubertal patients with renal disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maxwell
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone