PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Xanthippi Tseretopoulou
AU  - Talat Mushtaq
TI  - How to interpret IGF-1 and growth hormone stimulation tests
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318466
DP  - 2020 Oct 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 311--314
VI  - 105
IP  - 5
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/105/5/311.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/105/5/311.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2020 Oct 01; 105
AB  - You are seeing an 11-year-old boy in a general paediatric clinic referred with short stature. His height is below the 0.4th centile. The mid-parental height is on 50th centile. Baseline investigations, including renal and liver function, coeliac screen and thyroid function tests are normal. You have a suspicion of growth hormone deficiency. Should you check an insulin-like growth factor-1 level or proceed with a growth hormone provocation test? The current paper will aim to give an overview of these tests and factors to consider when interpreting the results.