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Effects of growth hormone treatment on body proportions and final height among small children with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets.

Pediatrics 2004 June
BACKGROUND: X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) is characterized by rickets, disproportionate short stature, and impaired renal phosphate reabsorption and vitamin D metabolism. Despite oral phosphate and vitamin D treatment, most children with XLH demonstrate reduced adult height.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the beneficial effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy on body proportions and adult height among patients with XLH.

METHODS: Three initially prepubertal short children (age, 9.4-12.9 years) with XLH were treated with rhGH for 3.1 to 6.3 years until adult height was attained.

RESULTS: rhGH treatment led to sustained increases in standardized height for all children. The median adult height was 0.9 SD (range: 0.5-1.3 SD) greater than that at the initiation of rhGH treatment and exceeded the predicted adult height by 6.2 cm (range: 5.3-9.8 cm). However, longitudinal growth of the trunk was stimulated more than leg growth. During rhGH treatment, the standardized sitting height increased by 1.6 SD (range: 1.1-2.7 SD), compared with baseline values. In contrast, the median subischial leg length did not change consistently (median change: 0.3 SD; range: -0.1 to 0.6 SD).

CONCLUSION: The increase in final height after rhGH treatment is of potential benefit for children with XLH. However, the exaggeration of disproportionate truncal growth observed for our prepubertal patients is a potential negative effect of treatment and should be confirmed with additional studies.

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