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| | |  Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency in childhood: Encyclopedia II - Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiencyGH deficiency is treated by replacing GH. Until 1985, growth hormone for treatment was obtained by extraction from human pituitary glands collected at autopsy. Since 1985 GH is a synthetic copy of human GH, manufactured by recombinant DNA technology.
Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency in childhood.
When treated with GH, a severely deficient child will begin to grow faster within months. In the first year of treatment, the rate of growth may increase from half as fast as ot ...
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| | | | Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency in childhood: Encyclopedia II - Growth hormone deficiency - History Perhaps the most famous person who exemplified the appearance of untreated congenital growth hormone deficiency was Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883), who was exhibited by P.T. Barnum as General Tom Thumb, and married Lavinia Warren. Pictures of the couple appear to show the typical adult features of untreated severe growth hormone deficiency. Despite the severe shortness, limbs and trunk are proportional.
Like many other 19th century medical terms which lost precise meaning as they gained wider currency, “midget” as a term for someone with severe proportional shortness acquired pejorative con ...
See also:Growth hormone deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Terminology, Growth hormone deficiency - Causes of GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Adult GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency in childhood, Growth hormone deficiency - History, Growth hormone deficiency - GH resistance Read more here: » Growth hormone deficiency: Encyclopedia II - Growth hormone deficiency - History |
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| | | | Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency in childhood: Encyclopedia II - Growth hormone deficiency - Adult GH deficiency Though growth ends with sexual maturity, GH continues to be secreted throughout life. In adults, GH contributes to maintenance of muscle and bone mass and strength. Understanding of the effects and benefits of GH in adults increased in the 1980's and the features of adult GH deficiency have not only been published, but can be said to have gained some notoriety.
Reported effects of severe GH deficiency in adults have included:
reduced muscle mass and strength
reduced bone mass and strength
reduced physica ...
See also:Growth hormone deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Terminology, Growth hormone deficiency - Causes of GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Adult GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency in childhood, Growth hormone deficiency - History, Growth hormone deficiency - GH resistance Read more here: » Growth hormone deficiency: Encyclopedia II - Growth hormone deficiency - Adult GH deficiency |
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| | | | Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency in childhood: Encyclopedia II - Growth hormone deficiency - Causes of GH deficiency There are many causes of GH deficiency. Some examples include:
mutations of specific genes (e.g., GHRHR, GH1)
congenital malformations involving the pituitary (e.g., septo-optic dysplasia, posterior pituitary ectopia)
damage to the pituitary from incracranial disease (e.g., hydrocephalus),
intracranial tumors in or near the sella turcica, especially craniopharyngioma,
damage to the pituitary from radiation therapy to the head for leukemia or brain tumors,
surgery in the area of the pi ...
See also:Growth hormone deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Terminology, Growth hormone deficiency - Causes of GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Adult GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency, Growth hormone deficiency - Treatment of GH deficiency in childhood, Growth hormone deficiency - History, Growth hormone deficiency - GH resistance Read more here: » Growth hormone deficiency: Encyclopedia II - Growth hormone deficiency - Causes of GH deficiency |
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