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}
igo.
'
‘
T
,T
Toy
T
y
STATURAL GROWTH
—
SUBJECTS #3 AND #5
:
4
MECIAN STAFYRE
;
UNEXPOSED BOYS
| 20; UNE
=
HOR
=
|
|
:
100F-
i:
|
30
THYROID HORMONE |
STARTED
a
|
|
T
T
SUBJECTS #3 AND #5
|
|
=
fF
7
|
=
aeo|
THYROID
HORMONE
MEDIAN CURVE
|
STARTED
UNEXPOSED BOYS
a
§ |
|
|
-
= 6
3!
pt
67 6 9 O UW 12 13 14 15
|
4
td
5
’
SKELETAL AGE DEVELOPMENT
ie
|
80Poy
3.4
'
1
PB ok
;
|
13:
'
!
STATURE (cm)
1
4
130|
|
T
4
a
|
CHRONOLOGICAL AGE (YEARS)
L
3
6
!
9
12
CHRONOLOGICAL AGE (YEARS)
rs
Figure 31.
A
B
Figure 32. A: Dwarfed boy (subject No. 3) shownatleft before thyroid hormone therapyandat
right after 6 months therapy with 0.3 mg thyroxine. B: Roentgenographof wrist of subject No. 3
showing marked improvementin skeletal maturation after 1 year hormone treatment. Compare
with Figure 28, before weatment.
PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED
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