10 AXIOMS IN THE EVALUATION OF GROWTH FAILURE

Authors
ROSENFELD RG
Citation
Rg. Rosenfeld, 10 AXIOMS IN THE EVALUATION OF GROWTH FAILURE, The Endocrinologist, 7(3), 1997, pp. 148-152
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
The Endocrinologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
10512144
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
148 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-2144(1997)7:3<148:1AITEO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
With the development of methodologies for the manufacture of human gro wth hormone in essentially unlimited quantities, the capability now ex ists for treatment of a wide variety of growth disorders besides growt h hormone deficiency. It is, consequently, all the more important that a rational basis be developed for the evaluation of children with gro wth failure so that diagnostic and therapeutic strategies can be based on sound and logical medical practice.