儿童生长激素刺激测试可以预测对生长激素治疗的反应吗?

Keren Smuel Zilberberg1, Michal Yackobovitch-Gavan2, Ariel Tenenbaum3

  • 1The Jesse Z and Sara Lea Shafer Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, National Center for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel.

概括

增长激素 (GH) 治疗有效地改善了生长激素缺乏症 (GHD) 或特异性矮身 (ISS) 的儿童的身高. GH刺激测试 (GHST) 的结果并没有显著影响治疗结果,这表明其诊断作用可能需要重新评估.

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