Knemometry as a predictor of response to somatrem in Turner's syndrome.
The response of 13 children with Turner's syndrome to somatrem, 2 IU/day, has been determined for a 4-week period of treatment using knemometric measurements, and compared to 6 months of treatment assessed by conventional auxology. In this small series, knemometry was able to predict those children in whom hGH therapy was not beneficial.
D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000254:growth & development*; D013997:Time Factors; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*
D006728:Hormones; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D013006:Growth Hormone