Growth hormone treatment of short children with chronic renal failure before and after renal transplantation: rationale and recent results

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1996 Sep;11(9):1747-50.

Authors

O Mehls¹, E Wühl, D Haffner, F Schaefer, B Tönshoff

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 8918616

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Child
Graft Rejection / etiology
Growth Disorders / drug therapy*
Growth Disorders / etiology
Growth Disorders / physiopathology
Human Growth Hormone / adverse effects
Human Growth Hormone / therapeutic use*
Humans
Kidney / drug effects
Kidney / physiopathology
Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic / physiopathology
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Renal Dialysis

Substances

Human Growth Hormone