Linear growth in prepubertal children with atopic dermatitis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-172

  Patel, L ^a   Clayton, P E ^a   Addison, G M ^a,b   Price, D A ^a   David, T J ^a  

^a BOOTH HALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Growth; Height; Height velocity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031904063     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.2.169     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Kristmundsdottir F, David TJ. Growth impairment in children with atopic eczema. J R Soc Med 1987;80:9 12.
2. Pike MG, Chang CL, Atherton DJ, Carpenter RG, Preece MA. Growth in atopic eczema: a controlled study by questionnaire. Arch Dis Child 1989;64:1566 9.
3. Massarano AA, Hollis S, Devlin J, David TJ. Growth in atopic eczema. Arch Dis Child 1993;68:677 9.
4. Voss LD, Mulligan J. Short normal stature - nature or nurture? (The Wessex growth study.) Pediatr Res 1993; 33(suppl):321.
5. Patel L, Clayton PE, Jenney MEM, Ferguson JE, David TJ. Adult height in individuals with childhood onset atopic dermatitis. Arch Dis Child 1997;76:505 8.
6. Wahlgren CF. Pathophysiology of itching in urticaria and atopic dermatitis. Allergy 1992;47:65 75.
7. David TJ, Ferguson AP, Newton RW. Nocturnal growth hormone release in children with short stature and atopic dermatitis. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) 1991;71: 229 31.
8. David TJ. Dietary treatment of atopic eczema. Arch Dis Child 1989;64:1506 9.
9. Prader A. Delayed adolescence. Clin Endocrinol Metab 1975; 4:143 55.
10. Shalet SM. Treatment of constitutional delay in growth and puberty (CDGP). Clin Endocrinol 1989;31:81 6.
11. Cameron N. The methods of auxological anthropometry. In: Falkner F, Tanner JM, eds. Human growth. Vol 3, 2nd ed. New York: Plenum, 1986:3 46.
12. Tanner JM, Whitehouse RH, Takaishi M. Standards from birth to maturity for height, weight, height velocity and weight velocity: British children 1965. Arch Dis Child 1966; 41:454 71, 613 35.
13. Cole TJ, Freeman JV, Preece MA. Body mass index reference curves for the UK, 1990. Arch Dis Child 1995;73: 25 9.
14. Tanner JM, Whitehouse RH, Marshall WA, Healy MJR, Goldstein H. Assessment of skeletal maturity and prediction of adult height height (TW2 method). London: Academic Press, 1975.
15. Balfour-Lynn L. Growth and childhood asthma. Arch Dis Child 1986;61:1049 55.
16. Martin AJ, Landau LI, Phelan PD. The effect on growth of childhood asthma. Acta Paediatr Scand 1981;70:683 8.
17. Hauspie R, Susanne C, Alexander F. Maturational delay and temporal growth retardation in asthmatic boys. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1977;59:200 6.
18. Ferguson AC, Murray AB, Wah-Jun T. Short stature and delayed skeletal maturation in children with allergic disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1982;69:461 6.
19. Priftis K, Milner AD, Conway E, Honour JW. Adrenal function in asthma. Arch Dis Child 1990;65:838 40.
20. Preece M. The effect of administered corticosteroids on the growth of children. British Postgraduate Medical Journal 1976;52:625 30.
21. Reichling GH, Kligman AM. Alternate-day corticosteroid therapy. Arch Dermatol 1961;83:980.
22. Smith JM. Long term steroid treatment in asthmatic children. Ann Allergy 1965;23:492 6.
23. Wester RC, Maibach HI. Topical glucocorticoids with increased benefit risk ratio. In: Korting HC, Maibach HI, eds. Current problems in dermatology. Vol. 21. Basel: Karger, 1993;45 60.
24. Vermeer BJ, Heremans GFP. A case of growth retardation and Cushing's syndrome due to excessive application of betamethasone-17-valerate ointment. Dermatologica 1974; 149:299 304.
25. Bode HH. Dwarfism following long-term topical corticosteroid therapy. JAMA 1980;244:813 14.
26. Turpeinen M, Salo OP, Leisti S. Effect of percutaneous absorption of hydrocortisone on adrenocortical responsiveness in infants with severe skin disease. Br J Dermatol 1986; 115:475 84.
27. Patel L, Clayton PE, Addison GM, Price DA, David TJ. Adrenal function following topical steroid treatment in children with atopic dermatitis. Br J Dermatol 1995;132: 950 5.