title: Growth hormone response to growth hormone releasing hormone 1-40 in Turner's syndrome.
abstract: The response of growth hormone (GH) to acute administration of GH-releasing hormone 1-40 (GHRH) was evaluated in 12 patients with Turner's syndrome and in 12 prepubertal or early pubertal girls. In 7 of 12 patients GHRH induced a definite increase (greater than 10 ng/ml) of plasma GH levels. In 5 patients there was a poor GH rise after GHRH administration (less than 10 ng/ml). Overall, the mean GH response of patients was significantly lower than that of normal girls. Five out of 7 patients with a 45 X,O karyotype had a reduced GH rise after GHRH, while all patients with non X,O karyotype (mosaicism and/or 46 X,iX) had a normal GH response to GHRH. Although the cause of short stature in patients with Turner's syndrome is most likely multifactorial, a reduced pituitary GH reserve, as documented by the reduced GH response to GHRH in some of our patients, may contribute to the growth impairment in this disorder.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003000:Clonidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C036893:somatotropin releasing factor 40; D007980:Levodopa; D013006:Growth Hormone; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; D003000:Clonidine