Spencer G S, Zorab P A
Pediatr Res. 1977 Aug;11(8):883-5. doi: 10.1203/00006450-197708000-00005.
In a study of plasma somatomedin activity in childhood scoliosis a group of five patients with congenital scoliosis was found to have significantly lower plasma somatomedin levels compared with a group of 20 normal children. A group of 52 patients with "idiopathic" scoliosis had normal plasma somatomedin levels. There is no apparent difference in the plasma somatomedin activity between the sexes, and no change in plasma somatomedin activity with chronologic age in these children, suggesting that normal adult somatomedin levels have been reached.
在一项关于儿童脊柱侧弯患者血浆生长调节素活性的研究中，发现一组5例先天性脊柱侧弯患者的血浆生长调节素水平明显低于20例正常儿童。一组52例“特发性”脊柱侧弯患者的血浆生长调节素水平正常。这些儿童中，血浆生长调节素活性在性别之间无明显差异，且不随年龄增长而变化，这表明已达到正常成人的生长调节素水平。
