Height, muscle, fat and bone response to growth hormone in short children with very low birth weight born appropriate for gestational age and small for gestational age.

摘要

Growth, muscle and fat mass are similarly impaired in short prepubertal AGA and SGA VLBW children. The children born AGA show a similar or better response to GH compared to those born SGA. These results reveal the arbitrary nature of using the criterion 'SGA' for eligibility to GH treatment in children born with a birth weight <1,500 g.