Growth preservation after brief growth hormone therapy in chronic renal insufficiency.
A boy of 3 years 8 months with short stature due to chronic renal insufficiency was treated with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) for 20 months. Catch-up growth was achieved and the improvement of the height standard deviation score was sustained throughout an additional 4 years of follow-up without further rhGH therapy.
Warshaw
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Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Shaw
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Fine
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D001827:Body Height / Q000187:drug effects; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology
D013006:Growth Hormone