Deficient or Normal Growth Hormone Secretion in Polish Children with Short Stature: Searching for Clinical Differences
Katarzyna Anna Majewska,
Magdalena Tchorzewska-Skrobich,
Paulina Wais
et al.
Abstract:Short stature affects approximately 2.5% of children. Some of them, when diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), benefit from recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy; in others, this treatment is controversial. We aimed to present the clinical characteristics of Polish short stature children in the context of current GHD diagnostic standards, as obtaining more data gives a broader foundation for the potential modifications of diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. This retrospective analys… Show more
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