ESPE Abstracts

Background: short stature can lead to emotional and social stress in children and adolescents. We previously demonstrated in a cohort of 74 children that a one-year growth hormone treatment (GHT) is associated with a significant improvement of quality of life (QoL) especially on emotional and social scales, both in general (PedsQL 4.0) and height-specific (QoLiSSY) questionnaires. Whether this improvement is sustained until adult height remains to be documente...