Growth characteristics in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Short-term growth in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

OBJECTIVE To describe short-term growth patterns in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). METHODS Height was measured daily in 5 children (1 boy) aged 3.9-9.7 years over 9-16 months. Kernel regression analysis was used to characterise short-term growth. The results were compared with data from 43 normal prepubertal children. RESULTS Growth was characterised by growth spurts wi...

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Schmid Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia in a Child

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of hereditary diseases, which are autosomal recessive. CAH occurs due to defect in one of the cortisol coding genes and often clinically presents itself with signs of androgen overproduction. In this article, we report a case of CAH and Schmid metaphyseal dysplasia. Our literature review indicated that this report is the first attempt on CYP11B1 a...

Linear growth in treated congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Final adult height in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia treated with growth hormone.

CONTEXT Patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency typically reach a final adult height well below their mid-parental target height. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine whether GH alone or in combination with an LHRH analog (LHRHa) improved the final adult height in patients with CAH. DESIGN The study was a nonrandomized prospective ...

[Growth rate of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia during treatment with low doses of hydrocortisone].

We evaluated linear growth of 27 children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) treated with low doses of oral hydrocortisone. They were followed-up during 6.1 +/- 1.8 years with daily hydrocortisone doses of 10.84 +/- 2.0 mg/m2 and 0.1 mg fludrocortisone (24 of them). Twenty-three were female. Mean chronological age (CA) was 6.1 +/- 2.9 years and bone age (BA) 6.9 +/- 3.3 (r = 0.66) at the...