Case Report
Growth Hormone Deficiency in a Patient with Becker Muscular Dystrophy: A Pediatric Case Report
Table 1
Clinical, hormonal, and radiological parameters of the patient during GH therapy.
| Parameters | Time of therapy | Start | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years |
| Age | 6 yr and 4 m | 7 yr and 7 m |
8 yrand 6 m | 9 yr and 5 m | 10 yr and 5 m | Height | | | | | | (cm) | 100 | 108.5 | 115 | 122 | 128.5 | (SDS) | −3.66 | −3.01 | −2.72 | −2.34 | −2.07 | Weight (Kg) | 17.5 | 20.4 | 22.4 | 25.8 | 29.3 | BMI | | | | | | (kg/m2) | 17.9 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 17.7 | (SDS) | 0.62 | 0.38 | −0.03 | −0.11 | −0.21 | Height velocity | | | | | | (cm/yr) | Unknown | 6.65 | 7.52 | 7.22 | 6.59 | (SDS) | 1.53 | 2.56 | 2.53 | 2.12 | Bone age | 42 months | 4–6 yr | 6 yr | 8-9 yr | 11 yr | IGF 1 | | | | | | (ng/dL) | 53 | 68.4 | 174.0 | 267.0 | 221 | (centile*) | 25th | 25th–50th | 50th–95th | 50th–95th | 50th–95th |
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Centile for age and sex [7].
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