Lack of Catch-Up Growth with Growth Hormone Treatment in a Child Born Small for Gestational Age Leading to a Diagnosis of Noonan Syndrome with a Pathogenic PTPN11 Variant

Lack of Catch-Up Growth with Growth Hormone Treatment in a Child Born Small for Gestational Age Leading to a Diagnosis of Noonan Syndrome with a Pathogenic PTPN11 Variant

Background. Growth hormone (GH) treatment increases the adult height of short children born small for gestational age (SGA). Catch-up growth is associated with a younger age, shorter height, and prepubertal status at the onset of GH treatment. We report a 12 11/12-year-old girl born SGA who received...

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Main Authors: Daniel J. Olivieri, Lauren J. Massingham, Jennifer L. Schwab, Jose Bernardo Quintos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5571524
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