Shore R M, Chesney R W, Mazess R B, Rose P G, Bargman G J
J Pediatr. 1980 Mar;96(3 Pt 1):393-6. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(80)80679-2.
Bone mineral status was monitored by photon absorptiometry in 18 children with growth hormone deficiency. Before exogenous growth hormone therapy, bone mineral content, bone width, and BMC/BW were below predicted values. Delayed maturation, as assessed by skeletal age, accounted for approximately 35% of the deficit for these values. Height velocity doubled during therapy, and BMC, BW, and BMC/BW increased commensurate with height and weight increases so that the relative deficit was unchanged. The pathogenesis of relative osteopenia in growth hormone deficiency was not determined.
