Review of Turkish patients with growth hormone insensitivity (Laron type).

Abstract excerpt

Clinical spectrum and endocrine details of thirteen Turkish children (age 0.3-14.2 years; eight females and five males; ten prepubertal, three pubertal) with growth hormone insensitivity are presented. All patients display phenotypical features of severe growth hormone deficiency. The diagnosis based on height standard deviation score (SDS), basal growth hormone (GH), basal insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I,...

Topics

• Adolescent
• Body Height
• Body Weight
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Growth Disorders