title: Final height in sexually precocious girls after therapy with an intranasal analogue of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (buserelin).
abstract: Twenty-two girls affected by sexual precocity with impaired final height prognosis were followed until they achieved final height. Twelve of them were treated with an intranasal (D-Ser6)-gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue (buserelin) administered at a mean dose of 25 micrograms/kg/day (range 20-32) for a mean period of 14 months (range 8-18). Ten girls refused treatment. Mean final height of the treated girls was 157.3 +/- 8.2 cm, significantly (p = 0.03) higher than the 149.7 +/- 5.5 cm of untreated patients. Treated girls surpassed midparental height (+1.7 cm) while untreated girls reached the lower part of target zone (-3.5 cm). Our data suggest that intranasal buserelin treatment preserves final height in girls with sexual precocity and initially impaired height prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Centro di Auxologia, Università di Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stasiowska
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vannelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benso
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D001827:Body Height; D002064:Buserelin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D002064:Buserelin