Final stature in brain tumours other than craniopharyngioma: effect of growth hormone.
The final growth pattern of 27 children who developed growth hormone deficiency after treatment of an intracranial tumour other than craniopharyngioma was assessed retrospectively. No patient achieved his or her genetic potential, though 12 attained an adult height above the the third centile for the population. All patients showed a tendency to a eunuchoid body build irrespective of whether puberty was spontaneous or not.
D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D013006:Growth Hormone