History of growth hormone therapy

Although the importance of the pituitary gland for growth was recognized in late 19(th) century, Growth hormone (GH) therapy was made available for severely GH-deficient children and adolescents only in late 1950s. Use of GH for other conditions was limited because of the limited supply of human pit...

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Autor principal: Ayyar, Vageesh S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22029019
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.84852
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Sumario:Although the importance of the pituitary gland for growth was recognized in late 19(th) century, Growth hormone (GH) therapy was made available for severely GH-deficient children and adolescents only in late 1950s. Use of GH for other conditions was limited because of the limited supply of human pituitary-derived hormone. With unlimited availability of recombinant human GH (rhGH), the scenario of GH treatment has been changed enormously. Currently there is ever increasing list of indications of GH treatment in children, adolescents, and adults.

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