title: Effect of growth hormone therapy on final versus predicted height in short twelve- to sixteen-year-old boys without growth hormone deficiency.
abstract: The effect of growth hormone therapy on final height in 28 short boys without growth hormone deficiency was evaluated retrospectively. The boys had received growth hormone for at least 2 years and were close to final height when therapy was stopped. The mean estimated final height was very close to that predicted from the pretherapy bone age. The fact that bone age advanced a mean of 4.9 years during a mean of 3.5 years of therapy may account for the lack of effect on final height.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0140.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Kaplowitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height / Q000187:drug effects*; D002648:Child; D006128:Growth / Q000187:drug effects; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone