Short stature due to growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction in a child with major depressive disorder.
Literature indicating clinical growth hormone deficiency due to depression is extremely limited, despite a well-known impaired basal and/or stimulated growth hormone secretion in depressive disorders. In this communication, we present a case of short stature due to growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction in a nine year old girl with major depressive disorder.
Onenli-Mungan
Neslihan
N
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
Topaloglu
Kemal
K
Avci
Ayse
A
Ozer
Güler
G
D002648:Child; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D009489:Neurosecretion
D019382:Human Growth Hormone