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2. Growth hormone therapy - Wikipedia

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   endocrinologist. [edit on Wikidata] Growth hormone therapy refers to the use of growth hormone (GH) as a prescription medication —it is one form of hormone therapy. Growth hormone is a peptide hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past, growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary ...

3. Silver–Russell syndrome - Wikipedia

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   The hormones are given by injection typically daily from the age of 2 years old through teenage years. This type of treatment may start to show no effect after or soon before puberty ends. Although there are many other alternative treatments, none seem to work as well as Growth Hormone Therapy.

4. Growth hormone deficiency - Wikipedia

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   Unclear [2] Growth hormone deficiency (GHD), or human growth hormone deficiency, is a medical condition resulting from not enough growth hormone (GH). [3] Generally the most noticeable symptom is that an individual attains a short height. [1] Newborns may also present low blood sugar or a small penis size. [2]

5. Puberty blocker - Wikipedia

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   Puberty blockers (also called puberty inhibitors or hormone blockers) are medicines used to postpone puberty in children. The most commonly used puberty blockers are gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, which suppress the natural production of sex hormones, such as androgens (e.g. testosterone) and estrogens (e.g. estradiol). [1][2 ...

6. Decades-old human growth hormone treatments linked to five ...

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   Cadaver-derived growth hormone was given to 27,000 children worldwide from 1959 to 1985, according to the new study, including about 7,700 patients in the United States. Doctors used hormones ...

7. Turner syndrome - Wikipedia

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   The use of growth hormone therapy in Turner's originated from a series of studies in the 1980s finding it to substantially increase the height of treated girls, compared to prior adult height predictions and Turner's growth charts; [15] treatment with human growth hormone appears to increase expected adult height by approximately 7 cm (3 in ...