Westphal O
Department of Pediatrics, East Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
Acta Odontol Scand. 1995 Jun;53(3):174-8. doi: 10.3109/00016359509005968.
Growth in children is influenced by innumerable factors, and to achieve optimal final height, the child has to be healthy, its nutrition sufficient, and the psychosocial environment stimulating and positive. During the 1st year of life nutritional factors and thyroid hormone seem to be the most important regulators of growth; during the following years growth hormone increases in importance. Puberty and its timing are factors of greatest importance during the 2nd decade of life; disturbances in puberty will compromise final height. Increased understanding of factors influencing growth and increased access to growth hormone and analogs of hormone that influence the timing of puberty have made it possible to increase final height in some groups of patients predisposed to short stature.
儿童的生长受无数因素影响。为达到最佳终身高，儿童必须健康，营养充足，且心理社会环境具有刺激性和积极性。在生命的第1年，营养因素和甲状腺激素似乎是生长的最重要调节因素；在随后几年，生长激素的重要性增加。青春期及其发生时间是生命第二个十年中最重要的因素；青春期紊乱会影响终身高。对影响生长因素的认识增加，以及获得生长激素和影响青春期发生时间的激素类似物的机会增多，使得在一些易患身材矮小的患者群体中增加终身高成为可能。
