title: Rapid decrease of urinary pyridinoline excretion in growth hormone deficient children following discontinuation of growth hormone therapy.
abstract: In order to examine the effect of growth hormone on urinary pyridinoline excretion, 32 patients with complete or partial growth hormone deficiency had their urinary pyridinoline excretion measured while receiving growth hormone and for 14 days after it was discontinued. There was a significant positive correlation between increases in growth velocities during the first year of growth hormone administration compared to before it, and the ratio of the urinary pyridinoline excretion levels while receiving growth hormone to those after discontinuation. Therefore, urinary pyridinoline excretion rapidly decreased in patients with growth hormone deficiency when the administration of growth hormone was stopped. Exogenous growth hormone appears to stimulate bone resorption in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Saga Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tasaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000652:urine*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000652:urine; D001862:Bone Resorption; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000652:urine; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015415:Biomarkers; C015484:pyridinoline; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone