title: [Growth hormone treatment update].
abstract: Short stature in children is a common cause for referral to pediatric endocrinologists, corresponding most times to normal variants of growth. Initially growth hormone therapy was circumscribed to children presenting growth hormone deficiency. Since the production of recombinant human hormone its use had spread to other pathologies.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone