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Growth pattern of boys with isolated gonadotropin deficiency. 1979

A Kaushanski, and Z Laron

The linear growth and skeletal maturation of 19 boys with isolated gonadotropin deficiency, including four with anosmia (Kallmann's syndrome), are presented. With the exception of one prepubertal-age boy (less than or equal to 10 years) and five pubertal-age boys (greater than 10 years), all heights were within normal limits, but below the 50th percentile. With one exception, the bone age was retarded in all boys, even in prepuberty.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D001827	Body Height	The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.	Body Heights,Height, Body,Heights, Body
D001846	Bone Development	The growth and development of bones from fetus to adult. It includes two principal mechanisms of bone growth: growth in length of long bones at the epiphyseal cartilages and growth in thickness by depositing new bone (OSTEOGENESIS) with the actions of OSTEOBLASTS and OSTEOCLASTS.	Bone Growth
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D006065	Gonadotropins, Pituitary	Hormones secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR) that stimulate gonadal functions in both males and females. They include FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE that stimulates germ cell maturation (OOGENESIS; SPERMATOGENESIS), and LUTEINIZING HORMONE that stimulates the production of sex steroids (ESTROGENS; PROGESTERONE; ANDROGENS).	Pituitary Gonadotropins
D006128	Growth	Gradual increase in the number, the size, and the complexity of cells of an individual. Growth generally results in increase in ORGAN WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; and BODY HEIGHT.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man