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The relationship between clinical severity of Noonan's syndrome and growth, growth hormone (GH) secretion and response to GH treatment.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Feb 2002
Noordam Kees, van der Burgt Ineke, Brunner Han G, Otten Barto J
Abstract excerpt
Short stature is one of the major features of Noonan's syndrome (NS). In a multicentre trial of growth hormone (GH) therapy in 25 children with NS, we observed a large inter-individual variation in first-year response to GH treatment. This suggested that subgroups might exist in NS that differ in either endogenous GH status or responsiveness to GH therapy. We therefore related growth, GH secretion and 2 years...
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