Abstract
We have treated seven pubertal children, five (three female, two male) with growth hormone deficiency and two (one female, one male) with constitutional short stature with intranasal (D-Serine6) gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue (Buserelin) for a mean of 0.84 years (range, 0.5–1.3). Treatment was successful in arresting pubertal development but there was no improvement in final height prognosis.
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Abbreviations
- GnRH:
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gonadotrophin releasing hormone
- GH:
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growth hormone
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Stanhope, R., Brook, C.G.D. The effect of gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogue on height prognosis in growth hormone deficiency and normal puberty. Eur J Pediatr 148, 200–202 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441401
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