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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Growth hormone deficiency can be congenital or acquired. It can be partial or complete. | |||
* Congenital: hypoglycemia may be severe. The combination of GHD with gonadotropin deficiency can cause microphallus, cryptorchidism. | |||
Postnatal growth is abnormal, and growth failure can occur during the first months of life, but may not be obvious until 6 to 12 months of age, by which time the growth rate is definitely slow and deviates from the normal growth curve, with length measurements often significantly below the mean. Bone age becomes delayed but is similar to height age. | |||
* Acquired It may first appear in children or adults. Children with GHD present with severe growth failure, delayed bone age, Delayed puberty, immature face with an underdeveloped nasal bridge, frontal bossing, sparse hair growth, and infantile fat distribution. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Classification
Growth hormone deficiency can be congenital or acquired. It can be partial or complete.
- Congenital: hypoglycemia may be severe. The combination of GHD with gonadotropin deficiency can cause microphallus, cryptorchidism.
Postnatal growth is abnormal, and growth failure can occur during the first months of life, but may not be obvious until 6 to 12 months of age, by which time the growth rate is definitely slow and deviates from the normal growth curve, with length measurements often significantly below the mean. Bone age becomes delayed but is similar to height age.
- Acquired It may first appear in children or adults. Children with GHD present with severe growth failure, delayed bone age, Delayed puberty, immature face with an underdeveloped nasal bridge, frontal bossing, sparse hair growth, and infantile fat distribution.