title: Growth hormone treatment in Léri-Weill syndrome.
abstract: Five children with dyschondrosteosis (Léri-Weill syndrome) were found to have insufficient growth hormone (GH) secretion and were treated with GH. After one year of treatment height velocity SDS as well as height SDS increased significantly. In three children who had completed their second year of treatment, the increase in height velocity was sustained and for all patients predicted adult height increased during the GH treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Lund, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Thuestad
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ivarsson
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wattsgård
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001120:Arginine; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin; D008297:Male; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D001120:Arginine