Although growth failure in children is a sensitive sign that an underlying health problem may be occurring, short stature itself is not a disease. So researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia wanted to identify the factors that influence families to seek medical care for short stature, which in some cases includes giving a child nightly injections of human growth hormone.
Researchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have found a gender bias in the provision of treatment for idiopathic short stature with recombinant human growth hormone treatment.
