[General]
- Most common cause of GHD in children is idiopathic.
- Most common cause of GHD in adults is pituitary adenoma.
- Treatment of pituitary adenoma is either surgery or radiotherapy.
- All patients taking replacement GH therapy need to have their IGF-1 level monitored.
SNOMED
- 397827003 growth hormone deficiency (disorder)
- 32390006 panhypopituitarism (disorder)
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