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Table 1 Published data from studies of GH treatment in Noonan patients

From: Five-year response to growth hormone in children with Noonan syndrome and growth hormone deficiency

Reference

No. patients (M/F)

Height SDS at start of GH treatment#

GH dose (mg/kg/week)

Duration of GH treatment (yrs)

Height SDS at last observation#

Ahmed et al. 1991 [25]

6 (3/3)

From −3.5 to −2.3

0.18

1

-

Thomas et al. 1993 [31]

5 (4/1)

From −4.2 to −2.2

0.35

2.9

From −3.3 to −1.6

Municchi et al. 1995 [32]

4 (0/1)

From −1.9 to 0.2*

0.17

3

From −0.9 to 0.9*

Cotterill et al. 1996 [33]

30 (19/11)

−3.01 ± 0.1

0.33

1

−2.36 ± 0.1

de Schepper et al. 1997 [15]

23 (18/5)

−2.28 ± 0.68

0.35

1

−1.78 ± 0.76

Soliman et al. 1998 [34]

12 (3/9)

−2.2 ± 0.6

0.28

1

1.45 ± 0.3

MacFarlane et al. 2001 [35]

23 (16/7)

−2.7 ± 0.4

0.33

3

−1.9 ± 0.9

Ogawa et al. 2004 [36]

15 (8/6)

−2.8 ± 0.7

0.17

2

−2.2 ± 0.5

Ferreira et al. 2005 [22]

14 (10/4)

−3.5 ± 1.0 (PTPN11 mutation)

0.29

3

0.76 ± 0.41 (PTPN11 mutation)

−3.4 ± 1.0 (no PTPN11 mutation)

1.74 ± 0.10 (no PTPN11 mutation)

Binder et al. 2005 [37]

29 (19/10)

−3.5 ± 1.0 (PTPN11 mutation)

0.30

1

0.66 ± 0.21 (PTPN11 mutation)$

−3.4 ± 1.0 (no PTPN11 mutation)

1.26 ± 0.36 (no PTPN11 mutation)$

Osio et al. 2005 [38]

25 (12/13)

−2.9 ± 0.4

0.23-0.46

1-9

−1.2 ± 1.0

Limal et al. 2006 [23]

35 (19/16)

−3.1 ± 0.9 (PTPN11 mutation)

0.30-0.46

2

−3.1 ± 1.4 (PTPN11 mutation)

−2.4 ± 0.8 (no PTPN11 mutation)

−2.0 ± 0.9 (no PTPN11 mutation)

Noordam et al. 2008 [21]

29 (21/8)

From −4.1 to −1.8

0.35

3-10.3

From −3.0 to −0.3

Choi et al. 2012 [24]

28 (14/4)

−2.8 ± 0.9

0.46

1

−2.0 ± 0.9

  1. #Mean ± standard deviation or range
  2. *Noonan reference [39]
  3. $Change in height SDS