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A once-weekly growth hormone therapy improved growth-related endpoints for adolescents with multiple conditions of short ...

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 ...

However, as described above, some cases of idiopathic short stature may be of a "growth-hormone-resistant" variety and respond only to large doses. Pharmacologic amounts have been demonstrated to ...

When Eli Lilly applied for FDA approval for using HGH to treat kids with “idiopathic short stature,” meaning at or below the 1.2 percentile on the growth chart, the widespread assumption among ...

Growth hormone deficiency is a rare, treatable condition that causes short stature in children. It is less common in adults. Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) occurs when your pituitary gland doesn ...

Now, preliminary data suggest that vosoritide produces growth increases > 3 cm a year in children with a variety of short stature conditions, including Noonan syndrome, aggrecan (ACAN) deficiency ...

Challenging the assumption that short stature negatively impacts children and adolescents’ self-esteem, a new study by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that ...

BUFFALO, N. Y. -- Teresa Quattrin, MD, University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor of pediatrics, is a co-author on a new global study that suggests a novel treatment option for children with ...