TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 523. Endocrine Abnormalities Causing Growth Impairment
A1  - Reiter, Edward O.
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
PY  - 2011
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - Most  children  with  deficient  pituitary  function  secrete  inadequate  amounts  of  growth  hormone  (GH);  therefore,  the  term  hypopituitarism  is  used  interchangeably  with  growth  hormone  deficiency  (GHD).  Children  who  have  diabetes  insipidus  caused  by  isolated  deficiency  of  antidiuretic  hormone  (discussed  in  Chapter  525)  and  those  uncommon  children  who  have  isolated  gonadotropin  deficiency  (Kallmann  syndrome;  see  Chapter  541)  are  exceptions.  They  have  normal  GH  secretion  but  pituitary  dysfunction  of  posterior  and  anterior  pituitary  lobes,  respectively.  GHD  is  the  most  common  endocrinologic  cause  of  the  insulin-like  growth  factordeficiency  (IGFD)  syndrome.  
SN  - 
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Y2  - 2024/04/19
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