Efficacies of rhGH alone and rhGH combined with stanozolol therapies on growth velocity of girls with Turner syndrome
LI Dan
CHEN Hong-shan
DU Min-lian
LI Yan-hong
MA Hua-mei
CHEN Qiu-li
ZHANG Jun
GU Yu-fen
Abstract：Objective To compare the different efficacies of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) alone and rhGH combined with low-does stanozolol on growth velocity (GV) of girls with Turner syndrome (TS). Methods 51 girls with TS were divided into two groups: Group 1 (n = 23) were treated with rhGH alone and group 2 (n = 28) with rhGH combined with low-does stanozolol both for more than six months. The two groups were compared in terms of GV, height standard deviation score for chronologic age (HtSDSCA), HtSDS for bone age (HtSDSBA), HtSDS (ΔHtSDS) and the ratio of ΔBA/ΔCA. Results In the first year, the GV was (6.29 ± 1.44) and (8.13 ± 1.87) cm/a in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively. HtSDSCA changed from (-3.51 ± 0.99) to (-3.19 ± 1.09) and (-4.21 ± 1.19) to (-3.43 ± 1.06), and ΔBA/ΔCA was (0.60 ± 0.39) and (0.77 ± 0.56) in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively. The GV and ΔHtSDS in Group 2 were significantly better than Group 1 (P < 0.05). The GV was negatively correlated with the age. Conclusion Compared with the therapy with rhGH alone, the one with rhGH combined with low-dose stanazolol is more effective in improving GV without accelerating bone maturation among the girls with Turner syndrome.
Keywords：Turner syndromeRecombinant human growth hormoneGrowth velocityStanozololgrowth
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 559-562 )