Response to growth hormone therapy in adolescents with familial panhypopituitarism

Familial combined pituitary hormone deficiency is a rare endocrine disorder. We describe growth patterns of four children (3 females and 1 male) from two families with combined pituitary hormone deficiency. These children received growth hormone at ages ranging from 14.5 years to 19 years. While all...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inIndian pediatrics Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 356 - 358
Main Authors Kulshreshtha, B., Eunice, M., Ammini, A. C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Springer-Verlag 01.04.2010
Subjects
Adolescent
Body Height - drug effects
Case Report
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Growth Hormone - therapeutic use
Humans
Hypopituitarism - diagnosis
Hypopituitarism - drug therapy
Hypopituitarism - genetics
Male
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Young Adult
Hypopituitarism
Growth hormone
Familial
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Familial combined pituitary hormone deficiency is a rare endocrine disorder. We describe growth patterns of four children (3 females and 1 male) from two families with combined pituitary hormone deficiency. These children received growth hormone at ages ranging from 14.5 years to 19 years. While all the female siblings reached their target height, the male sibling was much shorter than mid parental height. The reasons for sexual dimorphism in growth patterns in these children are unclear.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559
DOI:10.1007/s13312-010-0052-z