Familial growth hormone releasing factor deficiency in pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

Arch Dis Child. 1991 Apr;66(4):533-5. doi: 10.1136/adc.66.4.533.

Abstract

A mother with pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism and her short son showed poor spontaneous growth hormone secretion, and provocation tests suggested a deficiency of growth hormone releasing factor. This is the first report of growth hormone releasing factor deficiency in pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. The boy has responded well to growth hormone treatment over a period of three years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Body Height / drug effects
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Growth Hormone / therapeutic use
  • Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / deficiency*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism / drug therapy
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism / genetics*

Substances

  • Growth Hormone
  • Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone