RESULTS OF A 20-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF CHILDREN WITH GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY IN THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN

One of the most important parameters of health in children is growth. Stunted growth leads to the development of inferiority complex in patients and often hampers social self-realization. Over the past two decades, the Republic of Tatarstan has been actively diagnosing and treating growth hormone deficiency in children with short stature. Children with isolated growth hormone deficiency receive monotherapy with recombinant growth hormone. Early treatment of children with growth hormone deficiency led to an improvement in anthropometric parameters and, consequently, psychological and social adaptation of this group of patients.