Growth Hormone Deficiency in a Patient with Becker Muscular Dystrophy: A Pediatric Case Report

Objective. To describe a biochemical growth hormone (GH) deficiency and to evaluate therapeutic result in a six-year-old male with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Methods. GH peak was evaluated after response to arginine and insulin. Bone age was evaluated according to Greulich and Pyle method. Res...

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Autores principales: Calcaterra, Valeria, Malvezzi, Annachiara, Toglia, Rossana, Berardinelli, Angela, Bozzola, Elena, Bozzola, Mauro, Larizza, Daniela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23365767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/684249
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author Calcaterra, Valeria
Malvezzi, Annachiara
Toglia, Rossana
Berardinelli, Angela
Bozzola, Elena
Bozzola, Mauro
Larizza, Daniela
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Berardinelli, Angela
Bozzola, Elena
Bozzola, Mauro
Larizza, Daniela
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description Objective. To describe a biochemical growth hormone (GH) deficiency and to evaluate therapeutic result in a six-year-old male with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Methods. GH peak was evaluated after response to arginine and insulin. Bone age was evaluated according to Greulich and Pyle method. Results. The GH-supplementary therapy was very effective in terms of growth gain. Conclusion. The possibility of a growth hormone deficiency and treatment with GH in patients with BMD cannot be excluded, especially considering the good therapeutic response.
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spelling pubmed-35568532013-01-30 Growth Hormone Deficiency in a Patient with Becker Muscular Dystrophy: A Pediatric Case Report Calcaterra, Valeria Malvezzi, Annachiara Toglia, Rossana Berardinelli, Angela Bozzola, Elena Bozzola, Mauro Larizza, Daniela Case Rep Endocrinol Case Report Objective. To describe a biochemical growth hormone (GH) deficiency and to evaluate therapeutic result in a six-year-old male with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Methods. GH peak was evaluated after response to arginine and insulin. Bone age was evaluated according to Greulich and Pyle method. Results. The GH-supplementary therapy was very effective in terms of growth gain. Conclusion. The possibility of a growth hormone deficiency and treatment with GH in patients with BMD cannot be excluded, especially considering the good therapeutic response. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3556853/ /pubmed/23365767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/684249 Text en Copyright © 2013 Valeria Calcaterra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort growth hormone deficiency in a patient with becker muscular dystrophy: a pediatric case report
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23365767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/684249
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