Article
Growth hormone deficiency: an update.
Minerva endocrinologica - 1 Mar 2013
Audí L, Fernández-Cancio M, Camats N, Carrascosa A
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) in humans manifests differently according to the individual developmental stage (early after birth, during childhood, at puberty or in adulthood), the cause or mechanism (genetic, acquired or idiopathic), deficiency intensity and whether it is the only pituitary-affected hormone or is combined with that of other pituitary hormones or forms part of a complex syndrome. Growing...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adolescent Development
- Biomarkers
- Body Height
- Child
- Child Development
- Dwarfism, Pituitary
- Human Growth Hormone
- Humans
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Puberty