FINAL HEIGHT IN CHILDREN WITH GROWTH-HORMONE DEFICIENCY

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作者
BRAMSWIG, J
SCHLOSSER, H
KIESE, K
机构
[1] University Children’s Hospital, Münster
关键词
COMPLETE GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; PARTIAL GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; SHORT STATURE WITHOUT GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF GROWTH HORMONE; FINAL HEIGHT; TARGET HEIGHT;
D O I
10.1159/000184256
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Forty-six patients (28 boys, 18 girls) were treated with growth hormone (GH) for short stature. Twenty-eight patients had total growth hormone deficiency (GHD), 12 partial GHD and 6 patients had short stature without GHD. Brain tumours were the cause of GHD in 8 patients and multiple pituitary hormone deficiency was present in 9 children. Ah patients received GH with subcutaneous injections only, 6-7 times/week. Mean final height for all patients was -1.11 SDS and was similar in boys (-1.09 SDS) and girls (-1.13 SDS). Target height SDS was -0.80 SDS in 42 patients, comparing favourably with a final height SDS of -1.05. Similar results were obtained in all patient sub-groups. Height velocity during the last year of therapy was between 2.1 and 9.9 cm/ year in 34 patients and below 2 cm in 12 patients. As further growth is to be expected, target height will probably be reached by most patients.
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