Klinefelter Syndrome with Short Stature

Klinefelter Syndrome with Short Stature

A case of Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is presented where the height SD score was -2.0 and the bone age was 7.0yr when the chronological age was 11.0yr. The patienthad a normal response to a GH stimulation test, but his mean GH secretion during sleep, the first morning-voided urinary GH and the plasma...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology 1993, Vol.2(Supple2), pp.99-101
Hauptverfasser: Miki, Yuko, Kagawa, Jiro, Egi, Shinzo, Sawada, Masako, Ikegami, Hirohiko, Arayama, Takashi, Ito, Junko, Nagafuchi, Shigeo, Nakahori, Yutaka, Nakagome, Yasuo, Kamoshita, Shigehiko
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Sprache:eng
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47, XXY karyotype
growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction (GHND)
Klinefelter syndrome
short stature
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Zusammenfassung:A case of Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is presented where the height SD score was -2.0 and the bone age was 7.0yr when the chronological age was 11.0yr. The patienthad a normal response to a GH stimulation test, but his mean GH secretion during sleep, the first morning-voided urinary GH and the plasma somatomedin-C (Sm-C) levels were abnormally low. It is likely that the patient's short stature resulted from GH neurosecretory dysfunction (GHND).
ISSN:0918-5739
1347-7358
DOI:10.1297/cpe.2.Supple2_99