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Knemometry as a Predictor of Response to Somatrem in Turner's Syndrome
Author(s) -
WALES J. K. H.,
MILNER R. D. G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1987.tb17125.x
Subject(s) - medicine , turner syndrome , pediatrics , turner's syndrome
. Wales, J. K. H. and Milner, R. D. G. (Department of Paediatrics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK). Knemometry as a predictor of response to somatrem in Turner's syndrome. Acta Paediatr Scand [Suppl] 337:37, 1987. The response of 13 children with Turner's syndrome to somatrem, 2 IU/day, has been determined for a 4‐week period of treatment using knemometric measurements, and compared to 6 months of treatment assessed by conventional auxology. In this small series, knemometry was able to predict those children in whom hGH therapy was not beneficial.