title: Growth hormone and bone diseases.
abstract: Recombinant human GH is now widely used for the treatment of short stature in diseases other than growth hormone deficiency. GH treatment increases bone mineral density in growth hormone deficiency, but a study using conventional method for the calculation of volumetric bone mineral density suggested that this effect was mainly due to the increase in bone size. A more accurate method for the evaluation of volumetric bone mineral density is needed. The effect of GH on mineral metabolism is another point of interest. GH administration induced dramatic changes in serum levels of mineral regulating hormones such as PTH and active vitamin D metabolites. These changes may provide us with new methods for the treatment of metabolic bone disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000502:physiology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D014807:Vitamin D; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I