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Human Growth Hormone
Human Growth Hormone (hGH or somatotropin) is secreted by the pituitary gland and is responsible for normal body growth and development.
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Reviewed May 2011
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| Title: | Growth hormone |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Growth hormone is produced by the pituitary gland of the brain. Growth hormones determine height, bone length and muscle growth. Synthetic growth hormone will not help build muscle size and strength. Children who are experiencing stunted or slowed growth need their natural growth hormone levels checked by medical professionals before any drugs are administered. |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Recombinant growth hormone therapy for X-linked hypophosphatemia in children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Standard treatment of X-linked hypophosphatemia can heal rickets but does not always raise the level of phosphates in the blood or return growth levels to normal. It is unclear whether combining human growth hormone therapy with standard treatment impro... |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) growth hormone program |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | This page contains the following downloadable PDF documents: PBS growth hormone program guidelines; Prader-Willi Syndrome guidelines; new applications: checklist for clinicians; application form for growth hormone; application form for growth hormone for the treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome; parent/guardian information consent form. |
| Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Title: | Acromegaly |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Acromegaly is a condition caused by excess secretion of growth hormone from a tumour of the pituitary gland. The most obvious signs of acromegaly arise from overgrowth of bones in the face, hands and feet. |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Human growth hormone and glutamine for patients with short bowel syndrome |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Short bowel syndrome is a malabsorption disorder caused by the surgical removal of the small intestine, or by the complete dysfunction of a large segment of bowel. It is a challenging health problem to treat. Several small studies have assessed the bene... |
| Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Title: | Growth hormone for in vitro fertilization |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Before starting an in-vitro fertilisation cycle, some women need help to ovulate and the use of growth hormone therapy may help these women. This aims to reduce the use of gonadotropin therapy to stimulate ovulation, a hormone that can cause multiple pr... |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Drugs in Sport |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Topic Page |
| Description: | Links to information on drugs in sport, including drug screening. |
| Date: | Jun 2006 |
| Title: | Growth hormone for children with chronic kidney disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The kidneys filter blood. Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may progress to end-stage kidney failure and need their blood filtered by machine (dialysis) or need a kidney transplant. CKD can stunt growth in children. Growth hormone (rhGH) has be... |
| Date: | May 2006 |
| Title: | Recombinant growth hormone for idiopathic short stature in children and adolescents |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There is some evidence that recombinant human growth hormone improves short term growth and (near) final adult height in children with idiopathic short stature. Idiopathic short stature is the term used when children are very short compared with others ... |
| Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Title: | Drugs in sport |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Drugs in sport are a concern for medical practitioners because of the implicit risks to the health of the athlete. There are also ethical concerns about cheating by artificially enhancing athletic performance. |
| Date: | Jan 2000 |
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