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Growth Failure in Children (cont.)

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Early therapeutic intervention is important. Therapy should begin before the child's growth process is complete.

For children with hypothyroidism or growth hormone deficiency, hormone replacement therapy usually results in a period of rapid catch-up growth, with subsequent normal growth until the growth process is complete.

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