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Near adult height in girls with Turner syndrome treated with growth hormone following either induced or spontaneous puberty

Lanes, Roberto, Lindberg, Anders, Carlsson, Martin, Chrysis, Dionisios, Aydin, Ferah, Camacho-Hübner, Cecilia, King, Donna, Davenport, Marsha·2019·The Journal of Pediatrics

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Objective To understand whether spontaneous vs induced puberty and the type and route of estrogen influence the height of girls with Turner syndrome on growth hormone (GH).Study design Search of an international database of children treated with GH revealed 772 girls with Turner syndrome followed from GH initiation to near adult height. Data from girls with sustained spontaneous puberty (n = 145) were compared with those requiring estrogens for induction or maintenance of puberty (n = 627).Results At GH start, mean age (7.5 vs 7.9 years), weight (-1.7 vs -1.7 SDS), and body mass index (0.2 SDS vs 0.1 SDS) were similar for girls with spontaneous puberty and with induced puberty. Although those girls with spontaneous puberty were shorter than those with induced puberty, when midparental height was taken into consideration, starting heights in both groups averaged -2.8 SDS. Both groups received approximately 0.3 mg/kg/week of GH. Girls with spontaneous puberty initiated puberty and reached near adult height earlier than girls with induced puberty (12.6 ± 1.8 years vs 13.4 ± 1.4 years and 16.0 ± 1.3 years vs 16.9 ± 1.4 years, respectively). Although girls with spontaneous puberty grew more in the first year of GH therapy and between the onset of puberty and near adult height (11.0 cm vs 9.3 cm), height SDS at near adult height and the length of time in puberty before reaching near adult height were comparable. A 45,X karyotype was detected in 22.1% of girls with spontaneous puberty and in 58.4% of girls with induced puberty. Patients receiving transdermal estrogens did not grow better than those on oral estrogens. Adverse event reporting was comparable between groups.Conclusions Girls with Turner syndrome with spontaneous puberty tended to grow better in response to GH than girls with induced puberty, but not enough to produce a difference in height SDS at near adult height.

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Authors
Lanes, R., Lindberg, A., Carlsson, M., Chrysis, D., Aydin, F., Camacho-Hübner, C., King, D., & Davenport, M.
Affiliations
  • Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas (VE)
  • Pfizer (Sweden) (SE)
  • Pfizer (United States) (US)
  • University of Patras (GR)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
Lanes, Roberto
Venue
The Journal of Pediatrics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-09
Volume
212
Pages
172-179.e1
ISSN
0022-3476 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2950047526
Cited by
17
References
27
Citations by year
2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5
FWCI
1.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Journal of Pediatrics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Pfizer
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
Keywords
Turner syndrome, growth hormone therapy, near-adult height, spontaneous puberty, estrogen therapy, transdermal estrogen, oral estrogen, growth response, 45,X karyotype, short stature
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Body Height, Child, Female, Humans, Puberty, Turner Syndrome, Human Growth Hormone

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