Erschienen in:
20.10.2022 | Brief report
Association between pituitary height and growth response to recombinant human growth hormone in prepubertal children with growth hormone deficiency
verfasst von:
Zhixin Zhang, Xiaomeng Zhang, Wenquan Niu, Yuan Yuan
Erschienen in:
Endocrine
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Ausgabe 2/2023
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Excerpt
Growth hormone deficiency (GHD), an important cause of short stature in pediatrics, can lead to a series of adverse consequences impacting normal growth and life quality [
1], although its prevalence is relatively low (about 1 in 4000 children worldwide) [
2]. The occurrence of GHD is intimately linked with insufficient secretion of growth hormone (GH) from pituitary [
3]. …