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- Title
Is treatment with growth hormone effective in children with cerebral palsy?
- Authors
Melanie L Shim; Thomas Moshang; William L Oppenheim; Pinchas Cohen
- Abstract
Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often have poor linear growth during childhood, resulting in a diminished final adult height. Here we report a female with CP and short stature but without growth hormone (GH) deficiency who exhibited increased growth during treatment with GH. We also report two other children with CP who were treated with GH: one female with a history of leukemia, and a male with Klinefelter syndrome. These two children were both found to be GH-deficient by insulin provocative GH testing and responded to treatment with increased growth rate. Growth improved to a greater extent in the two children with apparent GH deficiency. In summary, it is felt that GH therapy might be beneficial for children with CP and warrants further investigation.
- Subjects
SOMATOTROPIN; JUVENILE diseases; PITUITARY hormones; CEREBRAL palsy; BRAIN damage
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2004, Vol 46, Issue 8, p569
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0012162204000945