Effective growth hormone therapy in a growth hormone deficient patient with Duchenne muscular dystropy without evidence of acceleration of the dystrophic process.
We describe a patient with Duchenne muscular dystropy and growth hormone deficiency in whom treatment with human growth hormone for 2 years resulted in improved growth velocity without any detrimental effect on muscle strength.
Frank
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Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11042, USA. frank@lij.edu
Smith
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D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006128:Growth; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
D019382:Human Growth Hormone