Growth hormone deficiency

Growth hormone (GH) is the main factor that promotes growth in the human body. There are many factors that affect height. In children and adolescents, there is insufficient or lack of GH secretion from the pituitary gland, and the patient's growth will have obvious obstacles. Other causes include malnutrition, genetic inheritance, psychosocial factors, and various physical diseases including endocrine and non-endocrine diseases. If the height is less than 30% of the same ethnicity, the same age, or the height of an adult is less than 120cm, it is dwarfism.

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