The use of GH provocative tests to diagnose children with short stature continues to be a controversial issue. GH secretion is considered a continuum ranging from absent to normal secretion. When GH deficiency is severe, as in GH gene defects and craniopharyngiomas, there is a very important growth failure and absent or minimal GH response to stimulation tests. These situations could be used as standards to define total GH deficiency. However, partial GH deficiency also can show growth failure, but […]