Pediatric growth hormone deficiency (PGHD) is a genetic condition that affects your child’s physical development. Hormone replacement therapy can help promote growth, and a new injection now makes it ...

The primary sign of growth hormone deficiency in children is short stature. Adults may have decreased muscle mass and increased body fat, as well as other problems such as heart disease and depression ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA approved long-acting once-weekly somatrogon for children with growth hormone deficiency. Somatrogon was ...

The rate of growth in children varies with the season while higher latitude and greater summer daylight exposure makes a significant difference in results for children treated with growth hormone, ...

It wasn't until one of Benke's friends confided that her own daughter had recently been diagnosed with Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency (PGHD) that she decided to seek an endocrinologist. "Although ...

Gone are the days when we used to think that the only factor that determines a child's height is the genes. According to paediatric‑endocrinologists there are a lot of things that come into play.

A standard-dose recombinant growth hormone therapy administered for 2 years demonstrated positive effects on both growth and nutritional status in prepubertal children with Silver-Russell syndrome, a ...

Children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) had reduced physical fitness and lower levels of physical activity than control individuals without the condition, but 1 year of growth hormone ...