Giugno 2019 - Volume XXXVIII - numero 6

Medico e Bambino


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Ma che fine fanno gli SGA?

Gianluca Tornese

SCU di Clinica Pediatrica, SS di Endocrinologia, Diabetologia e Altre Malattie del Metabolismo, IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste

Indirizzo per corrispondenza: gianluca.tornese@burlo.trieste.it

What happens to SGA children? What could be done and it is not for children born small for gestational age without catch-up growth

Key words: Small for gestational age, Diagnosis, Follow-up, Growth hormone treatment

Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) is an approved and effective treatment for short children born small for gestational age (SGA). Prevalence of children eligible for treatment as SGA is reported to be 1:1,800. The latest data from the Italian National Registry of Growth Hormone therapy (RNAOC) showed that the number of children treated with SGA indication is still small and these children are significantly less reported than those treated for growth hormone deficiency (GHD), although GHD prevalence is 1:4,000- 1:10,000. This means that many short children born SGA are still not properly identified, and therefore not treated with rhGH, or misdiagnosed as GHD. This article reviews indications and benefits of rhGH treatment, reports some cases of treated children and provides some practical tools for the identification of children eligible for rhGH treatment.

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Ma che fine fanno gli SGA?
Medico e Bambino 2019;38(6):355-364 https://www.medicoebambino.com/?id=1906_355.pdf


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