Human Growth Hormone
| Autor: | Nan Bernstein, Robert L. Nielsen, Thomas H. Shepard, Mary Lou Johnson, Andrew Anderson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1960 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pregnancy Pediatrics Young child business.industry Applied Mathematics General Mathematics Human growth hormone Pituitary Gland Diseases medicine.disease Umbilical cord Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Metabolic balance Medicine business Linear growth Precipitous delivery |
| Zdroj: | A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children. 99:74 |
| ISSN: | 0096-6916 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archpedi.1960.02070030076013 |
| Popis: | Introduction Although there are numerous brief reports concerning the metabolic effectiveness of human growth hormone,1-8the full details of a metabolic balance study in a young child have not been published. It is the purpose of this paper to report detailed results of a metabolic balance study carried out on a 3 10/12-year-old "hypopituitary" boy. To define what is meant by "hypopituitary" a case report describing the subject is included. The human growth hormone employed was obtained from Dr. Maurice Raben9and was administered intramuscularly in a dosage of 5 mg. per day. Report of Case The patient was a 310/12-year-old Japanese boy, referred because of gradual deceleration in linear growth.* At birth, his weight was 3,200 gm. and his length was 47 cm. The pregnancy was uncomplicated, but the delivery was notable in that a precipitous delivery was necessitated by a prolapse of the umbilical cord. There |
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