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The psychosocial consequences of GH deficiency and of its treatment with growth hormone (hGH) have been evaluated from 44 answers to a questionnaire mailed to 50 patients aged 18 to 36 years (m 21.7 ± 3.4 yrs), treated with hGH for at least 3 years (m 5.6 t 2.8 yrs), 22 idiopathic and 22 with detectable cause, 15 with isolated GH deficiency and 29 with multiple deficiencies. Final height was -2.9 ± 0.9 SD below the average. The results (%) were the following :
From these results the final score among 43 patients may be considered as excellent in 9, good in 10, medium in 15, insufficient in 8, very bad in 6, in spite of appropriate medical and psychosocial support. Earlier care and perhaps some increase of doses of hGH could improve these results in the future.
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Job, J., Chicaud, J., Toublanc, J. et al. LONG-TERM STATUS OF HYPOPITUITARY DWARFS. Pediatr Res 23, 119 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198801000-00108
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198801000-00108