GROWTH HORMONE (GH) TREATMENT IMPROVES HEIGHT AND HEIGHT VELOCITY (HV) IN UREMIA AND CYSTINOSISPediatric Research publishes original papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from molecular biology to epidemiology. Use of...
These data were the reference against which subsequent Japanese achondroplasia populations treated with growth hormone and/or limb lengthening were compared [17, 18]. More recently, Hoover-Fong et al. published weight-for-age [5], body mass index (BMI) [6] and height-for-age curves [4] ...
(1998). Growth hormone therapy of Turner's syndrome: Beneficial effect on adult height... RG Rosenfeld - 《Acta Paediatr Suppl》 被引量: 124发表: 1992年 Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy on Adult Height of Children with Turner Syndrome Short stature is a common manifestation of Turner syndrome...
Animal models suggest an important role for growth hormone in the development of the immune system. In growth hormone–deficient humans, growth hormone increases the differentiation of B-cell and NK-cell activity. Growth hormone increases IL-2 production by lymphocytes and increases IL-1, TNF-α,...
However, the extent to which this therapy increases final adult height is not known. METHODS: We followed 38 initially prepubertal children with chronic renal failure treated with growth hormone for a mean of 5.3 years until they reached their final adult height. The mean (+/-SD) age at the...
This is commonly known as gigantism (a very large increase in height) which happens in young children or adolescents. In adults, excessive growth hormone for a long period of time produces a condition known as acromegaly, in which patients have swelling of the hands and feet and altered ...
Pretreatment 1-year height velocity is greater than 2 SD below the mean;and Epiphyses are open; Adult growth hormone deficiency Aetna considers somapacitan-beco (Sogroya) medically necessary for members with adult GH deficiency whenanyof the following criteria is met: ...
Because previous studies showed that uterine and ovarian volumes were related to height,26 comparison of gonadal sizes was also adjusted for current height (in centimeters). Pearson correlation coefficient was used to test associations between hormone levels, gonadal size, and perinatal factors. ...
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology Final height after gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists with or without growth hormone in Korean girls with central precocious puberty and early puberty Eun Byul Kwon 0 Young Suk Shim 0 Hae Sang Lee 0 Hwal Rim Jeong 0 Jin Soon Hwang 0 0 ...
Pulsatile secretion profiles of pituitary growth hormone (GH) and size and number of cells of brain, heart ventricles, liver, kidney, and gastrocnemius muscle were determined in male Long-Evans rats which received 600 rad x-irradiation to the head only at 2 days of age. Controls consisted of...