Endocrine Abstracts

GH replacement has been offered to children with GH deficiency (GHD) for 40 years; with time, however, and the increasing availability of recombinant derived GH, the threshold cut-off used to define GH status utilising provocative tests has been relaxed, leading to diagnostic dilemmas; this is particularly relevant as the growth velocity of a child, short from almost any cause, can be improved if he/she receives enough GH.The advent of adult GH replacement paradoxically is...

Steve Shalet, Dept of Endocrinology, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK AbstractAfter completing a BSc in Physiology at London University in 1966, I qualified in medicine at the Royal London Hospital in 1969. Junior hospital medical training posts in London and Bristol were followed by an appointment as Research Fellow in Endocrinology at the Christie Hospital, Manchester in 1974....