Attainment of normal height in severe juvenile hypothyroidism.
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Attainment of normal height in severe juvenile hypothyroidism.
Prolonged juvenile hypothyroidism results in a permanent loss in height that is related to the duration of thyroxine deficiency before adequate thyroxine replacement treatment. A 13 year old girl with severe juvenile hypothyroidism was studied prospectively. She had an undetectable serum thyroxine concentration, a height SD score of -6.6 SD, and a bone age of 5.8 years. The enlarged pituitary g...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.70.5.429