[The results of sex steroid therapy to reduce the final height of tall-stature girls at the University Pediatric Clinic in Leipzig]

Padiatr Grenzgeb. 1990;29(2):141-3.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The mean height reduction in 23 tall girls was 3.8 cm in regard of Bayley-Pinneau height prediction. The results were independent of the doses und were better in younger than in older girls. However, corrections of height predictions show only a minimal mean height reduction of 1.1 cm.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Determination by Skeleton
  • Body Height / drug effects*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Estradiol Congeners / administration & dosage*
  • Female
  • Growth Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Humans

Substances

  • Estradiol Congeners