Analysis of Craniofacial and Extremity Growth in Patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency during Growth Hormone Therapy

Maria Estela Justamante de Faria, Luciani R. Carvalho, Shirley M. Rossetto, Terezinha Sampaio Amaral, Karina Berger, Ivo J.P. Arnhold, Berenice B. Mendonça

Hormone Research in Paediatrics · 2009 · 16 citations · 13 references

Abstract

GH treatment with standard doses in GH-deficient patients can improve the facial profile in retrognathic patients and does not lead to facial disharmony although extremity growth, mainly involving the feet, can occur.

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