+i STATURAL GROWTH fag. SUBYECTS #3 AND #5 iSr (cm) (30-—- STATURE - r ' SKELETAL AGE DEVELOPMENT SUBJECTS #3 AND #5 - MEDIAN STATURE '20—JSNEXPOSED BOYS —~»’ , ™ 11QO— = aA x a 12— i i: lad = Oo 9 * <q | THYROID HORMONE : STARTED} MEDIAN CURVE UNEXPOSED BOYS . ' : Bor\ oi a 100 — Le iN _ x ‘. ‘ THYROID HORMONE 90—- #57 7 | L 3 94 35 6 7 ! 8 J 9 } 10 ' 1F | 12 13 t 14 t 15 oe a 3 CHRONOLOGICAL AGE (YEARS) #3 + eae aL 80—- _| -| A wf 1 = STARTED 5 _ 6 9 12 CHRONOLOGICAL AGE (YEARS) Figure 31. B Figure 32. .4: Dwarfed boy (subject No. 3) shownatleft before thyroid hormone therapy and at 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 treatment. 3006325 = 15