posted on 2012-05-31, 00:07authored byEva Müller, Desiree Dunstheimer, Jürgen Klammt, Daniela Friebe, Wieland Kiess, Jürgen Kratzsch, Tassilo Kruis, Sandy Laue, Roland Pfäffle, Tillmann Wallborn, Peter H. Heidemann
A, Growth and weight charts of the patient. On the growth chart solid lines indicate 97th, 50th and 3rd percentiles; the shaded green area exhibits target height calculated from parent's height (blue triangle, father's height; red square, mother's height); red bar assigns period of rhGH therapy; grey squares mark the corrected age for preterm infants. B, Photograph of the patient at the age of 5.7 yrs. in comparison to a 5.8 yrs. old boy. C, Head circumference (HC) chart of the patient; 97th, 50th and 3rd percentiles are indicated as black solid lines, white circles mark the corrected age for preterm infants. D, Photograph of the patient's hypoplastic teeth.