In a recent study, researchers examined the effectiveness of a prediction model to identify which children may or may not benefit from growth hormone treatment.
Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor one (IGF-1) have a key role in neurogenesis and brain development. However, data have been scarce regarding brain growth in patients with IGHD after treatment...
The study included 135 boys and 89 girls with isolated growth hormone deficiency at Tanaka Growth Clinic in Japan. Among them, 83 boys and 51 girls started growth hormone treatment earlier than the average...
Cardiac functioning is impaired among children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) compared with healthy children, but growth hormone (GH) therapy may help, according to
To identify indicators of psychosocial problems and low self-esteem, researchers compared the results from 2 self-assessments for 46 children with growth hormone deficiency with those from a matched control...
