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ea0051p059 | Pituitary and growth | BSPED2017

Improvement in motor function after growth hormone replacement in children with growth hormone deficiency and developmental delay

Joy Reeba , Mathew Verghese , Gupta Sanjay , Jose Sandhya

Introduction: GH has been proven to improve lean body mass and muscle strength. We report three cases where growth hormone replacement had a significant effect on gross motor function.Case series: A 15 month old boy was born at 33 weeks of gestation. During infancy, he was noted to have global developmental delay secondary to cerebral atrophy and isolated growth hormone deficiency. He was not able to pull himself to standing position but after commencing...