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Growth hormone. Do we have a national perspective of indications for its use?

Abdullah S. Al-Herbish, Nasir A. Al-Jurayyan, Abdullah M. Abobakr and Abdulrahman A. Al-Nuaim
Saudi Medical Journal June 2000, 21 (6) 536-538;
Abdullah S. Al-Herbish
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, PO Box 90533, Riyadh 11623, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 4670807. Fax. +966 (1) 4679463. E-mail: [email protected]
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Nasir A. Al-Jurayyan
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah M. Abobakr
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman A. Al-Nuaim
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Presentation of indications for growth hormone use in children, from the view of physicians practising in Saudi Arabia.

METHODS: A questionnaire containing a list of common possible indications of growth hormone use was collected from 52 physicians practising in Saudi Arabia who were attending a didactic endocrinology course.

RESULTS: All (100%) physicians considered growth hormone deficiency to be an indication. Sixty four and 29% considered Turner's syndrome and chronic renal failure to be indications. Other indications included Russell-Silver syndrome in 23%, X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets in 10%, Achondroplasts in 10%, Sickle cell anemia in 10% and Bartter's syndrome in 2%. Genetic and constitutional short stature were considered in 17 and 19%. Only 65% did not advocate the use of growth hormone for short non-growth hormone-deficient children.

CONCLUSION: Indications of growth therapy are not clearly defined in Saudi Arabia. It is indicated to define this by a clear, national decided criteria which should take into consideration the internationally approved indications, availability and cost of this hormone.

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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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