hrp0089p3-p204 | GH & IGFs P3 | ESPE2018

Children Born Small for Gestational Age Treated with Growth Hormone: Evolutionary Aspects

Vazquez Veronica Maria Padin , Costa David Albino Gomez , Garcia Aida Del Campo , Cordo Lourdes Rey , Martin Jose Luis Chamorro , Lorenzo Jose Ramon Fernandez

Introduction: Short stature is defined as stature less than −2 standars deviations (SD) for a person’s age and sex of the reference population. Short for gestational age children (SGA) represent 20% of all children with short stature. 10% of these can not catch-up and remains their height below −2 SD. Growth hormone (GH) treatment is a recognized therapy for SGA children authorized in Europe at 4 years old. There are studies that support that younger children ...