IMPE Abstracts

Growth is influenced by genetic, nutritional, environmental, and hormonal factors, but it proceeds in a remarkably predictable pattern characterized by a constant growth deceleration between childhood and adolescence, when the pubertal growth spurt occurs. This growth deceleration is coordinated in multiple tissues and organs in order to maintain body proportions. Growth hormone (GH)/ insulin-like growth factor type 1 (IGF1) axis and insulin are crucial stimulators of growth, ...