Guidelines for Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Treatment in Children and Adolescents: Growth Hormone Deficiency, Idiopathic Short Stature, and Primary Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Deficiency

• Published in: Hormone research in paediatrics Vol. 86; no. 6; p. 361
• Main Authors: Grimberg, Adda, DiVall, Sara A, Polychronakos, Constantin, Allen, David B, Cohen, Laurie E, Quintos, Jose Bernardo, Rossi, Wilma C, Feudtner, Chris, Murad, Mohammad Hassan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Growth Disorders - drug therapy; Human Growth Hormone - deficiency; Human Growth Hormone - therapeutic use; Humans; Infant; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I - deficiency; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I - therapeutic use; Male

On behalf of the Drug and Therapeutics, and Ethics Committees of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, we sought to update the guidelines published in 2003 on the use of growth hormone (GH). Because idiopathic short stature (ISS) remains a controversial indication, and diagnostic challenges often blur th...