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P Canlorbe

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[Plasma dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations in normal boys and in those with growth retardation].

Radioimmunoassay of plasma DHA in 179 boys 2 to 16 years old has allowed assessment of normal values (mean and 95% confidence limits) increasing with age on a log DHA/age relationship. Plasma DHA was normal in 58 cases of male idiopathic growth retardation and 40 boys with delayed adolescence. It was significantly increased in 42 obese boys. DHA levels were normal in 10 hypopituitary dwarfs with isolated GH deficiency, and significantly decreased in 24 others with multiple pituitary deficiencies. In pituitary dwarfism, a lowered DHA level may be a reliable index of ACTH deficiency, and may be of importance for evaluation of therapeutic programmes.

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[Plasma androgens in boys from birth to adolescence (author's transl)].

Plasma testosterone, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate were measured by radioimmunoassay in 222 normal boys aged 1 hour to 18 years and 40 normal men aged 20 to 40 years. Three periods of high testosterone levels were observed in boys during extra-uterine life: first day (mean level 12 nmol/l), from the 12th to the 119th day (9 nmol/l) and from 13 years onwards in pubertal boys; the highest values were reached between 20 and 40 years (18 nmol/l). Androstenedione curve exhibited three coincident high concentrations phases: mean level at birth 8.7 nmol/l, and from 12th to 119th day 2.6 nmol/l. The lowest values were observed between 2 and 4 years; then a progressive increase occured up to adult age levels: 3.5 nmol/l. Dehydroepiandrosterone mean level was high at birth (20 nmol/l) then decreased slowly, either regularly or with a rebound during the 2nd month, a minimum being reached between 2 and 4 years (0.28 nmol/l). It increased thereafter exponentially up to adult levels reached after the age of 16 years (14 nmol/l). Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate mean level decreased regularly from birth to the second year, then its curve paralleled the dehydroepiandrosterone curve.

Adolescent↗