Both children and adults may experience a deficiency of growth hormone. A person with a growth hormone deficiency will have slower muscular development and weaker bones. In children, a lack of growth hormone usually results in slow or stunted growth, potentially causing short stature. It may also delay puberty by several years. Physicians may administer daily injections of growth hormone through childhood to allow children with the condition to reach a more average height. Adults with the deficiency typically receive a weekly dose of this essential hormone.

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