title: Growth hormone therapy.
abstract: Growth hormone therapy with rhGH (recombinant human growth hormone) has been recommended for treatment of GH deficient short stature in children, repeated hypoglycemias in infancy and early childhood due to GH deficiency, short stature accompanying chronic renal failure prior to renal transplantation and Turner's syndrome. It is now increasingly recommended to adults with GH deficiency following pituitary tumour surgery or irradiation or idiopathic hypopituitarism. There are other indications for its use where evidence for protein catabolism is very strong such as burns injury. The end points of GH therapy in children include achievement of desirable adult height or a growth rate velocity of < 2.5 cm/year. In adults GH deficiency, GH therapy is intended for improvement of general well being, body composition and metabolic markers of GH function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Dash
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muralidharan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Talwar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height / Q000187:drug effects; D002648:Child; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I