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Ding JR, Liu Y, Chen Q, Feng C, Tang Z, Zhang H, Hua B, Ding X, Wang M, Ding Z. Frequency Dependent Changes of Regional Homogeneity in Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency. Neuroscience 2023; 530:183-191. [PMID: 37394224 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Abnormal spontaneous neural activity in children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) has been found in previous resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) studies. Nevertheless, the spontaneous neural activity of GHD in different frequency bands is still unclear. Here, we combined rs-fMRI and regional homogeneity (ReHo) methods to analyze the spontaneous neural activity of 26 GHD children and 15 healthy controls (HCs) with age- and sex-matching in four frequency bands: slow-5 (0.014-0.031 Hz), slow-4 (0.031-0.081 Hz), slow-3 (0.081-0.224 Hz), and slow-2 (0.224-0.25 Hz). In the slow-5 band, GHD children compared with HCs displayed higher ReHo in the left dorsolateral part of the superior frontal gyrus, triangular part of the inferior frontal gyrus, precentral gyrus and middle frontal gyrus, and right angular gyrus, while lower ReHo in the right precentral gyrus, and several medial orbitofrontal regions. In the slow-4 band, GHD children relative to HCs revealed increased ReHo in the right middle temporal gyrus, whereas reduced ReHo in the left superior parietal gyrus, right middle occipital gyrus, and bilateral medial parts of the superior frontal gyrus. In the slow-2 band, compared with HCs, GHD children showed increased ReHo in the right anterior cingulate gyrus, and several prefrontal regions, while decreased ReHo in the left middle occipital gyrus, and right fusiform gyrus and anterior cingulate gyrus. Our findings demonstrate that regional brain activity in GHD children exhibits extensive abnormalities, and these abnormalities are related to specific frequency bands, which may provide bases for understanding its pathophysiology significance.
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- Ju-Rong Ding
- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China; Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China.
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China; Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China; Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China; Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China; Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China; Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China
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- School of Automation and Information Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China; Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, PR China.
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Gizli Çoban Ö, Bedel A, Önder A, Sürer Adanır A, Tuhan H, Parlak M. Psychiatric Disorders and Peer-Victimization in Children and Adolescents With Growth Hormone Deficiency. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2022; 61:684-691. [PMID: 35581721 DOI: 10.1177/00099228221096654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this study, we aimed to investigate psychiatric disorders, bullying/victimization, and quality of life in children and adolescents with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Sixty-one children and adolescents who were diagnosed as having idiopathic GHD were evaluated using a semistructured interview by a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Some 45.9% of the subjects with GHD were diagnosed with at least 1 psychiatric disorder. The most common psychiatric diagnosis was social anxiety disorder (18.3%). Twenty-eight percent of the subjects reported being bullied by their peers. Victimization rates were less frequent in those treated for more than 1 year. Children aged between 6 and 12 years had poorer quality of life and higher anxiety levels than adolescents aged between 13 and 18 years. Due to the higher rates of existing psychiatric disorders, the clinical management of patients with GHD should be conducted with a multidisciplinary approach, in which pediatric endocrinologists and mental health professionals work in coordination.
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- Özge Gizli Çoban
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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Karachaliou FH, Karavanaki K, Simatou A, Tsintzou E, Skarakis NS, Kanaka-Gatenbein C. Association of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) with anxiety and depression: experimental data and evidence from GHD children and adolescents. Hormones (Athens) 2021; 20:679-689. [PMID: 34195937 DOI: 10.1007/s42000-021-00306-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Anxiety and depression are among the commonest emotional problems in children and young adolescents. They are encountered with even higher prevalence in children and adults with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Alterations in the somatotropic axis, as observed in both GH/IGF1 deficiency and excess, can produce permanent changes in brain tissue structure. The growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor 1 (GH/IGF1) axis seems to exert a regulatory effect on brain function and neurogenesis, especially in the hippocampus, a brain region associated with mental and emotional disorders, such as depression and anxiety. There is evidence from animal models of the possible interrelationship of the endocrine system with the pathogenesis of emotional disorders. Moreover, clinical data support the association of GHD and mood disorders, which are often reversed by GH replacement therapy. However, the causal relationship and the mechanism underlying this association are to date obscure and remain to be clarified. The present review reports experimental data from animal models regarding the role of GH/IGF1 in emotional disorders and focuses on clinical data on the presence of these disorders in children with GHD and their response to GH therapy.
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- Fotini-Heleni Karachaliou
- Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 3Rd Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, A Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, "P &, 2nd, Athens, Greece
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- Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 3Rd Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 3Rd Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 3Rd Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
- Third Department of Pediatrics, Endocrinology Unit, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Agia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Li X, Cheng Q, Li N, Chang G, Ding Y, Li J, Shen Y, Wang J, Wang X. SOPH Syndrome with Growth Hormone Deficiency, Normal Bone Age, and Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutations in NBAS. Fetal Pediatr Pathol 2018; 37:404-410. [PMID: 30592236 DOI: 10.1080/15513815.2018.1509406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Short stature with optic atrophy and Pelger-Huet anomaly (SOPH; MIM 614800) syndrome is a genetic disease caused by mutation in the neuroblastoma amplified sequence (NBAS) gene. CASE REPORT We present a 11-year-old Chinese boy with SOPH syndrome, growth hormone deficiency with a normal bone age. Gene sequencing in the patient revealed a novel compound heterozygous mutation of c.5752A > C (Thr1918Pro) and c.500_501delTT (Phe167Cysfs*7) in the NBAS gene. CONCLUSIONS To our best knowledge, these novel mutations in the NBAS gene have not been reported. Normal bone age with growth hormone deficiency in this patient is different from the patients with SOPH syndrome that have been previously reported. These findings enrich the mutant spectrum of the NBAS gene and add our understanding of SOPH syndrome.
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- Xin Li
- a Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center , Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center , Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- b Department of Medical Genetics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center , Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center , Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center , Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center , Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- c Department of Laboratory Medicine , Boston Children's Hospital , Boston , MA , USA
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- b Department of Medical Genetics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center , Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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- a Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center , Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China
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Jylhä P, Isometsä E. Temperament, character and symptoms of anxiety and depression in the general population. Eur Psychiatry 2005; 21:389-95. [PMID: 16360306 DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2005] [Accepted: 09/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Few studies have investigated the relationship of temperament and character, as conceptualized in the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R), to symptoms of depression and anxiety in the general population. In this study a random sample of subjects (20 to 70 years), in two Finnish cities, were surveyed with the TCI-R, Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories, plus questions related to diagnosed lifetime mental disorders, health care use for psychiatric reasons during the past 12 months, and history of mental disorders in first-degree relatives. Altogether 347 subjects (38.6%) responded. Of the TCI-R dimensions, Harm Avoidance correlated with symptoms of depression (r(s)=0.555, p<0.001), anxiety (r(s)=0.560, p<0.001), self-reported lifetime mental disorder (r(s)=0.272, p<0.001), health care use for psychiatric reason during the past 12 months (r(s)=0.241, p<0.001) and family history of mental disorder (r(s)=0.202, p<0.001). Self-directedness correlated negatively with symptoms of depression (r(s)=-0.495, p<0.001), anxiety (r(s)=-0.458, p<0.001), lifetime mental disorder (r(s)=0.225, p<0.001) and health care use (r(s)=-0.135, p=0.013). Overall, Harm Avoidance and Self-directedness seem to associate moderately with depressive and anxiety symptoms, and somewhat predict self-reported use of health services for psychiatric reasons, and lifetime mental disorder. High harm avoidance may associate with a family history of mental disorder.
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- Pekka Jylhä
- Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
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Tanaka T, Cohen P, Clayton PE, Laron Z, Hintz RL, Sizonenko PC. Diagnosis and management of growth hormone deficiency in childhood and adolescence--part 2: growth hormone treatment in growth hormone deficient children. Growth Horm IGF Res 2002; 12:323-341. [PMID: 12213187 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-6374(02)00045-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Toshiaki Tanaka
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Children's Medical Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.
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What have these studies revealed about SAD? First, few studies have been performed so far, with even fewer replications. Most of the work has been exploratory in nature and follows the paradigms used in PD. This approach has been justifiably criticized. The use of psychological (naturalistic) challenges may be more appropriate in SP than chemical challenges. The paradigms of public speaking, autobiographical scripts, or similar behavioral challenges merit further use, exploration, and validation if symptoms resembling those of the condition proper are to be induced in experimental circumstances. However, some tentative conclusions can be drawn from the research performed so far. There is no enough evidence to support the presence of structural brain abnormality in SAD. Admittedly, such a finding would have been very unlikely. On the other hand, evidence of subtle functional abnormalities is accumulating. On the nosologic question, there appear to be differences from PD. While in some challenges (e.g., CO2 and pentagastrin) the two conditions differ only in degree, in others (e.g., lactate, caffeine, and flumazenil), the separation is clearer. Equally, there is a strong argument to differentiate the generalized from the specific form of social anxiety on the basis of substantial (albeit accidental) findings outlined earlier. More sophisticated neuroimaging techniques, directly comparing patients from both groups before and after pharmacologic or psychological treatment, should provide more conclusive evidence on this issue. What might also help future research is the integration of biological investigations with specific personality profiles. In one study, SAD patients scored low in novelty seeking, self-directedness and cooperativeness and high in harm avoidance. It has been hypothesized that such results indicate serotonergic and dopaminergic dysregulation, which is consistent with the findings described earlier. The best evidence for neurotransmitter abnormality so far is for altered dopamine function at the level of the basal ganglia, either pre- or postsynaptic, which may result in reduced basal ganglia function so that the normal fluidity of social motor functions (e.g., smiling, eye movements, and speech) are impaired, thus leading to the cognitive symptoms of social anxiety and the subsequent generation of avoidance behavior. Such patients should respond poorly to antipsychotics, and additional challenges with these drugs could be used to test this theory. Furthermore, more research needs to be done to elucidate the mechanism by which SSRIs work in SAD. Neuroanatomical models of social anxiety (Fig. 4) [see structure: Text], explaining the site of action of drugs and psychological treatments, have been proposed in recent years. Central to these models is the notion of an innate anxiety circuit, which could be tentatively identified with the behavioral inhibition system, the septohippocampal system. This area receives 5-HT, NE, and dopamine input and has connections with the cortex and limbic structures. The relevance of these models remains to be assessed in experiments that are specifically designed to test them.
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- S V Argyropoulos
- Psychopharmacology Unit, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Vahl N, Juul A, Jørgensen JO, Orskov H, Skakkebaek NE, Christiansen JS. Continuation of growth hormone (GH) replacement in GH-deficient patients during transition from childhood to adulthood: a two-year placebo-controlled study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000; 85:1874-81. [PMID: 10843168 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.85.5.6598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated beneficial effects of GH replacement, in adults with GH deficiency (GHD), on body composition, physical fitness, and quality of life. These studies, however, concern patients with adult-onset GHD or childhood-onset (CO) patients enrolled several years after withdrawal of initial therapy. So far, the effects of continuation of GH-administration in patients with CO-GHD have not been examined. We studied a group of nineteen young adults (13 males + 6 females; 16-26 yr old; mean age, 20.2 +/- 0.65 yr) with CO-GHD, in a randomized, parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial for 1 yr, followed by an open phase with GH for 1 yr. All patients received GH therapy at the start of study, and trial medication (GH/placebo) was given in a similar dose. Patients randomized to continued GH treatment exhibited no significant changes in any parameters tested, but intra- and interindividual variations in insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I levels could suggest compliance problems. Discontinuation of GH for 1 yr resulted in a decrease in serum IGF-I, from 422.0 +/- 56.8 to 147.8 +/- 33.4 microg/L, in the placebo group (P = 0.003). After discontinuation of GH for 1 yr, an increase in total body fat (TBF, kg), measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scan, was seen [placebo: 22.7 +/- 2.7 to 26.5 +/- 2.5 (P = 0.01); GH: 16.2 +/- 2.1 to 17.2 +/- 2.1 (not significant)]. Resumption of GH after placebo was followed by increments in serum IGF-I (microg/L) [from 147.8 +/- 33.4 to 452 +/- 76 (P = 0.001)] and IGF-binding protein 3, as well as in fasting glucose (mmol/L) [4.9 +/- 0.2 vs. 5.3 +/- 0.2 (P = 0.03)]. After resumption of GH lean body mass (kg) increased [52.4 +/- 4.9 vs. 60.7 +/- 5.6 (P = 0.006)]. Likewise, resumption of GH therapy increased thigh muscle volume and thigh muscle/fat ratio, as assessed by computed tomography [muscle volume (cm2/10 mm): 118.2 +/- 11.7 vs. 130.0 +/- 10.9 (P = 0.002); muscle/fat ratio: 1.33 +/- 0.24 vs. 1.69 +/- 0.36 (P = 0.02)]. In conclusion, discontinuation of GH treatment in GHD patients, during the transition from childhood to adulthood, induces significant and potentially unfavorable changes in IGF-I and body composition, both of which are reversed after resumption of GH treatment. By contrast, continuation of GH therapy results in unaltered IGF-I and body composition. We recommend continuation of GH therapy in these patients, to be undertaken in collaboration between pediatricians and adult endocrinologists.
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- N Vahl
- Medical Department M (Endocrinology and Diabetes), Aarhus Kommunehospital, Denmark.
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Soares CN, Musolino NR, Cunha Neto M, Caires MA, Rosenthal MC, Camargo CP, Bronstein MD. Impact of recombinant human growth hormone (RH-GH) treatment on psychiatric, neuropsychological and clinical profiles of GH deficient adults. A placebo-controlled trial. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 1999; 57:182-9. [PMID: 10412515 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000200003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Untreated GH-deficient adults have a diversity of dysfunctions (e.g. reduced muscle strength, emotional instability during stress, depressive symptoms) that may cause deleterious effects on quality of life, and may be positively influenced by recombinant human growth hormone (rh-GH) therapy. AIM To evaluate the impact of a clinical intervention with rh-GH therapy on GH- deficient adults. METHOD The physical, psychiatric and neuropsychological status of 9 GH-deficient adults was determined before and after the administration of rh-GH (0.250 IU/Kg/week) in a double blind placebo-controlled trial for six months. Patients then received rh-GH for a further period of 6 months and their status was re-evaluated. RESULTS Rh-GH was significant better than placebo at 6th month (p < 0.05), producing increased serum Insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels, reduced body mass index (BMI) and body fat, increased lean body mass and water, reduced waist/hip ratio and increased energy expenditure. The rh-GH therapy was also significantly better than placebo on depressive features as measured by the Hamilton Depression Scale (17-items) (p = 0.0431) and the Beck Depression Inventory (p = 0.0431). Neuropsychological evaluations showed significant improvements in measures of Attention: Digit Backward (p = 0.035), Verbal Fluency (FAS) (p = 0.02) and Cognitive Efficiency (WAIS-R tests): Vocabulary (p = 0.027), Picture Arrangements (p = 0.017), and Comprehension (p = 0.01) following rh-GH therapy. CONCLUSION The clinical, psychiatric, and neuropsychological impairments of untreated GH-deficient adults can be decreased by rh-GH therapy.
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- C N Soares
- Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas (HC), Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMUSP), Brazil.
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