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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
We retrospectively studied 61 patients with GH deficiency (GHD), identified among 589 patients with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) enrolled in a nationwide survey between 1993 and 2001. Overall, 141 patients in the survey developed diabetes insipidus. The median follow-up of the 61 patients with GHD was 12 yr. The 5- and 10-yr risks of GHD among patients with diabetes insipidus were 34.7 +/- 4.5% and 53.7 +/- 5.2%, respectively. Growth velocity decreased soon after LCH diagnosis in patients who developed GHD, and anterior pituitary height, estimated by magnetic resonance imaging, was significantly reduced relative to patients who remained free of GHD. GH replacement therapy was administered to 47 of the 61 patients with GHD. Among GH-treated patients, median final height (-0.8 SD) was significantly greater than median height at GHD diagnosis (-1.6 SD) but remained below midparental (target) height. Among patients with pituitary involvement, the number of LCH disease episodes appeared not significantly influenced by GHD or GH administration, suggesting an absence of deleterious effect of GH therapy on LCH disease activity.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
604-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Incidence of growth hormone deficiency in pediatric-onset Langerhans cell histiocytosis: efficacy and safety of growth hormone treatment.
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Hémato-Oncologie Pédiatrique, Hopital Trousseau, 75012 Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't