Growth, short stature, and the use of growth hormone: considerations for the practicing pediatrician--an update

Curr Probl Pediatr. 1997 Jan;27(1):14-40. doi: 10.1016/s0045-9380(97)80007-2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anthropometry
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Embryonic and Fetal Development
  • Female
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones / metabolism
  • Growth / physiology*
  • Growth Disorders / drug therapy
  • Growth Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Growth Hormone / metabolism*
  • Growth Hormone / therapeutic use
  • Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / metabolism
  • Growth Substances / metabolism
  • Human Growth Hormone / adverse effects
  • Human Growth Hormone / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
  • Sexual Maturation

Substances

  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones
  • Growth Substances
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Human Growth Hormone
  • Growth Hormone
  • Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone