Therapeutic uses of growth hormone

GH has a potentially wide range of therapeutic uses (Table 11.6). To date, however, its major application has been for the treatment of short stature. hGH extracted from human pituitary glands was first used to treat pituitary dwarfism (i.e. caused by suboptimal pituitary GH secretion) in 1958. It has subsequently proven effective in the treatment of short stature caused by a variety of other conditions, including  

The use of hGH extracted from the pituitaries of deceased human donors came to an abrupt end in 1985, when a link between treatment and Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (CJD, a rare, but fatal, 

Treatment of defective growth caused by various diseases/medical conditions 

The gonadotrophins are a family of hormones for which the gonads represent their primary target (Table 11.8). They directly and indirectly regulate reproductive function and, in some cases, the development of secondary sexual characteristics. Insufficient endogenous production of any 

Nutropin AQ Schwartz Pharma AG Growth failure, Turner s syndrome 

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