CEDIE 05498
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENDOCRINOLOGICAS "DR. CESAR BERGADA"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Same Phenotype in Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency and Resistance
Autor/es:
BOZZOLA, MAURO; GUARRACINO, CARMEN; MEAZZA, CRISTINA; DOMENÉ, HORACIO M.; IOIMO, IRENE
Revista:
Case Reports in Pediatrics
Editorial:
Hindawi
Referencias:
Lugar: London; Año: 2018 vol. 2018 p. 1 - 4
ISSN:
2090-6803
Resumen:
By definition, about 2.5% of children show a short stature due to several causes. Two clinical conditions are characterized by serum IGF-I low levels, idiopathic GH deficiency (IGHD), and GH insensitivity (GHI), and the phenotypic appearance of these patients may be very similar. We studied two children with short stature and similar phenotypes. *e first case showed frontal bossing, dollface, acromicria, and truncal obesity, with a GH peak
