Growth hormone therapy-established uses in short children.
Since the first reported efficacious use of human growth hormone in 1958, numerous children have been treated with this hormone. This review discusses the five indications for use of human growth hormone in children that have been approved to date by the United States Food and Drug Administration.


CONCLUSIONS
Further, long-term studies will be needed to address the optimal use of this hormone in each of these conditions.
Schwenk
W Frederick
WF
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. schwenk.frederick@mayo.edu
D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy
D013006:Growth Hormone