Irradiation-induced growth hormone deficiency: blunted growth response and accelerated skeletal maturation to growth hormone therapy

J Pediatr. 1985 Apr;106(4):609-12. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(85)80083-4.
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MeSH terms

  • Body Height / radiation effects*
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Child
  • Child Development / radiation effects
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Growth / radiation effects*
  • Growth Hormone / deficiency*
  • Growth Hormone / radiation effects
  • Growth Hormone / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
  • Hypothyroidism / etiology
  • Infant
  • Long-Term Care
  • Male
  • Pituitary Hormones / deficiency
  • Retrospective Studies

Substances

  • Pituitary Hormones
  • Growth Hormone