Outcome of gonadotropin-releasing analog treatment for children with central precocious puberty: 15-year experience in southern Thailand

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 519-523

  Jaruratanasirikul, Somchit ^a   Thaiwong, Maethanee ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

central precocious puberty; genetic height potential; gonadotropin releasing hormone; short stature

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; LEUPROLIDE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051963308     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.006     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Sigurjonsdottir TH, Hayles AB. Precocious puberty: A report of 96 cases. Am J Dis Child 1968;115:309-21.
2. Paul D, Conte FA, Grumbach MM, Kaplan SL. Long-term effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy on fi nal and near-fi nal height in 26 children with true precocious puberty treated at a median age of less than 5 years. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1995;80:546-51.
3. Carel JC, Eugster EA, Rogol A, Ghizzoni L, Palmert MR. Consensus statement on the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs in children. Pediatrics 2009;123:e752-62.
4. Mul D, Hughes LA. The use of GnRH agonists in precocious puberty. Eur J Endocrinol 2008;159:s3-8.
5. Marshall WA, Tanner JM. Variations in pattern of pubertal changes in girls. Arch Dis Child 1969;44:291-5.
6. Nutrition Division, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. National growth references for children under 20 years of age, 1999.
7. Greulich WW, Pyle SI. Radiologic atlas of skeletal development of the hand and wrist. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1959.
8. Bayley N, Pinneau S. Tables for predicting adult height from skeletal age. J Pediatr 1952;14:432-41.
9. Heger S, Partsch C-J, Sippell WG. Long-term outcome after depot gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment of central precocious puberty: Fi nal height, body proportions, body composition, bone mineral density, and reproductive function. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:4583-90.
10. Carel JC, Roger M, Ispas S, Tondu F, Lahlou N, et al. Final height after long-term treatment with triptorelin slow release for central precocious puberty: Importance of statural growth after interruption of treatment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:1973-8.
11. Partsch C-J, Heger S, Sippell WG. Treatment of central precocious puberty: lessons from a 15 years prospective trial. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2000;13:747-58.
12. Mul D, Oostdijk W, Otten BJ, Rouwé C, Jansen M, et al. Final height after gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist treatment for central precocious puberty: The Dutch experience. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2000;13 (Suppl 1):765-72.
13. Klein KO, Barnes KM, Jones JV, Feuillan PP, Cutler GB Jr. Increased fi nal height in precocious puberty after long-term treatment with LHRH agonists: The National Institutes of Health experience. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001;86:4711-6.
14. Tanaka T, Niimi H, Matsuo N, Fujieda K, Tachibana K, et al. Results of long-term follow-up after treatment of central precocious puberty with leuprorelin acetate: Evaluation of effectiveness of treatment and recovery of gonadal function. The TAP-144-SR Japanese Study Group on central precocious puberty. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005;90:1371-6.
15. Lazar L, Padoa A, Phillip M. Growth pattern and fi nal height after cessation of gonadotropin-suppressive therapy in girls with central sexual precocity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007;92:3483-9.
16. Brito VN, Latronico AC, Cukier P, Teles MG, Silviera LFG, et al. Factors determining normal adult height in girls with gonadotropin- dependent precocious puberty treated with depot gonadotropin- releasing hormone analogs. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008;93:2662-9.
17. Pasquino AM, Pucarelli I, Accardo F, Demiraj V, Segni M, et al. Long-term observation of 87 girls with idiopathic central precocious puberty treated with gonadotropin-releasing analogs: Impact on adult height, body mass index, bone mineral density, and reproductive function. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008;93:190-5.
18. Kauli R, Galatzer A, Kornreich L, Lazar L, Pertzelan A, et al. Final adult height of girls with central precocious puberty: Untreated versus treated with cyproterone acetate or GnRH analogue. A comparative study with re-evaluation of predictions by the Bayley-Pinneau method. Horm Res 1997;47:54-61.
19. Cassio A, Cacciari E, Balsamo A, Bal M, Tassarini D. Randomised trial of LHRH analogue treatment on fi nal height in girls with onset of puberty aged 7.5-8.5 years. Arch Dis Child 1999;81:329-32.
20. Bouvattier C, Coste J, Rodrigue D, Teinturier C, Carel JC, et al. Lack of effect of GnRH agonists on fi nal height in girls with advanced puberty: A randomized long-term pilot study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:3575-8.
21. Arrigo T, Cisternino M, Galluzzi F, Bertelloni S, Pasquino AM, et al. Analysis of the factors affecting auxological response to GnRH analog treatment and adult height outcome in girls with idiopathic central precocious puberty. Eur J Endocrinol 1999;141:140-4.
22. Palmert MR, Malin HV, Boepple PA. Unsustained or slowly progressive puberty in young girls: Initial presentation and longterm follow-up of 20 untreated patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1999;84:415-23.
23. Ma H, Du M, Luo X-P, Chen S-K, Liu L, et al. Onset of breast and pubic hair development and menses in urban Chinese girls. Pediatrics 2009;124:e269-77.
24. Wu T, Mendola P, Buck GM. Ethnic differences in the presence of secondary sex characteristics and menarche among US girls: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Pediatrics 2002;110:752-7.
25. Jaruratanasirikul S, Thaiwong M. Etiology of precocious puberty: 15-year experience in a tertiary hospital in southern Thailand. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2010;23:1263-71.