The disease is characterised by dwarfism due to growth hormone deficiency, which is remediable by GH substitution.
In Denmark an incidence of childhood growth hormone deficiency has been determined. It is 2.58 in males and 1,70 in females per 100,000. Of course, not all of these cases can be contributed to isolated growth hormone deficiency type II.
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