How to Treat a 5-and-a-Half-Year-Old Girl with Growth Delay?

A 5-and-a-half-year-old girl is experiencing growth delay, and after examination, it is suspected that she may have congenital pituitary growth hormone deficiency. Additionally, due to the inherited short stature of her mother, who is from the generation before, she has only grown three centimeters after four months of growth hormone treatment. Currently, she stands at one meter tall and weighs over 26 kilograms. The doctor recommends further genetic testing to determine if she is insensitive to growth hormone. At the same time, concerns are raised about whether the treatment will cause bones to enlarge and whether the treatment should continue.
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