title: Statement 4: therapy should be offered to children with idiopathic short stature (ISS) whose heights are < -2.25 standard deviation (SD) score.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone