Head circumference in untreated and IGF-I treated patients with Laron syndrome. Comparison with untreated and hGH-treated children with isolated growth hormone deficiency.

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 49-52

  Laron, Zvi ^a   Iluz, Moshe ^a   Kauli, Rivka ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital GH deficiency; Congenital IGF l deficiency; Growth hormone resistance; Growth hormone treatment; Head of circumference; IGF l treatment; Laron syndrome

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LARON SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEAD; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LARON SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84859159001     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: 15322238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2012.02.005     Document Type: Review

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