Growth Hormone Resistance

Growth hormone receptor signalling; metabolic actions of growth hormone - direct and indirect; IGF bioactivity and its modification in growth hormone resistance in childhood; Laron syndrome - typical and atypical forms; acquired growth hormone resistance in catabolic states; partial GH-insensitivity in childhood; treatment of Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome (GHIS) with insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I; growth hormone therapy in the hypercatabolic patient.