Maximizing growth in children after renal transplantation.
Achieving normal height in children after renal transplantation is a crucial issue for both quality of life and self-esteem. The management of growth retardation in renal transplant recipients includes adequate nutritional intake, correction of acidosis, optimal drug compliance, limited calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity, steroid-sparing strategies, and sometimes recombinant human growth hormone.
Cochat
Pierre
P
Service de Pédiatrie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares and Inserm U820, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Université de Lyon, Lyon, France. pierre.cochat@chu-lyon.fr
Harambat
Jérôme
J
D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019382:Human Growth Hormone