Download PDF
Horm Metab Res 1979; 11(12): 664-666
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1092795
Originals

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Growth Hormone Reserve Capacity in Turner's Syndrome

F.  Laczi , J.  Julesz , T.  Janáky , F. A. László
  • Endocrine Unit and Research Laboratory, First Department of Medicine, University Medical School, Szeged, Hungary
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
17 December 2008 (online)

Also available at
  PDF Download  Permissions and Reprints

Abstract

In 11 untreated and 6 oestrogen-treated Turner's syndrome patients, the changes in the serum growth hormone level were studied following the induction of hypoglycaemia with insulin. The growth hormone was measured with a radioimmune assay technique. The growth hormone peak value measured in healthy females was 54.32 ± 17.17, in untreated Turner's syndrome was 14.90 ± 3.71, and in oestrogen-treated Turner patients was 33.38 ± 9.22 µU/ml (average ± standard error). On the basis of the results, a role is attributed to the decreased growth hormone reserve in the low growth of Turner's syndrome patients.

Key words

Turner's Syndrome - Growth Hormone Reserve - Oestrogen Treatment

      >