title: Height attainment in children with steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome.
abstract: The heights of 80 patients with steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) were measured 5-24 years after diagnosis. During childhood most patients had received repeated courses of high-dose corticosteroids and prolonged maintenance therapy. Although at the time of taking corticosteroids growth was suppressed, those who had completed growth had a mean height standard deviation score (SDS) of -0.22, equivalent to a height on the 40th centile. Total corticosteroid dose prescribed was correlated only weakly with height SDS; there was no correlation between total dose and height when the post-pubertal patients were studied separately, indicating that their ultimate height attainment was not affected significantly.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Foote
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Brocklebank
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Meadow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height / Q000187:drug effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone