hrp0086p1-p633 | Growth P1 | ESPE2016

Evaluation of Prepubertal Patients with Suspected Neurosecretory Dysfunction of Growth Hormone Secretion: Diagnostic Steps and Treatment Response

Sydlik Carmen , Weiszenbacher Claudia , Pozza Susanne Bechtold-Dalla , Schmidt Heinrich

Background and aims: Existence and diagnostic procedures of neurosecretory dysfunction (NSD) are still a matter of debate. The aim of the study was to analyse prediagnostic data of short-statured children with pathologic and normal spontaneous GH-secretion and to evaluate the effect of GH-therapy in NSD-patients.Methods: Of 90 children aged 3–16 years, in whom 12-hour night profiles for GH-secretion were performed (unicentric), in 49 NSD was diagnos...