Trends in age at diagnosis of Turner syndrome (2005)
Verlinde, F,
Bourguignon, J P,
Craen, M,
...
The age at diagnosis of 242 girls with Turner syndrome (TS) treated in Belgium with growth hormone between 1991 and 2002 was evaluated. The median (range) age at diagnosis was 6.6 (0-18.3) years....
Prevalence and demographic features of childhood growth hormone deficiency in Belgium during the period 1986-2001 (2004)
Massa, G,
Craen, M,
Bourguignon, J P,
Heinrichs, C,
...
OBJECTIVE: Since the availability of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) all children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) living in Belgium are offered rhGH treatment after approval by a...
Late or delayed induced or spontaneous puberty in girls with Turner syndrome treated with growth hormone does not affect final height (2003)
MASSA, G,
HEINRICHS, C,
VERLINDE, S,
THOMAS, M,
BOURGUIGNON, JP,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
...
Growth hormone (GH) secretion in patients with childhood-onset GH deficiency: Retesting after one year of therapy and at final height (2003)
THOMAS, M,
MASSA, G,
MAES, M,
BECKERS, D,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
FRANCOIS, I,
...
Estradiol levels in girls with Turner's syndrome compared to normal prepubertal girls as determined by an ultrasensitive assay (2003)
WILSON, CA,
HEINRICHS, C,
LARMORE, KA,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
BROWN-DAWSON, J,
SHAYWITZ, S,
...
Late or delayed induced or spontaneous puberty in girls with Turner syndrome treated with growth hormone does not affect final height (2003)
Heinrichs, C,
Verlinde, Siska,
Thomas, Muriel,
Bourguignon, JP,
Craen, M,
...
Although it has been well established that GH treatment increases final height (FH) in girls with Turner syndrome (TS), the optimal ages to start GH therapy and introduce estrogens for pubertal...
Growth hormone (GH) secretion in patients with childhood-onset GH deficiency: Retesting after one year of therapy and at final height (2003)
Massa, G,
Maes, M,
Beckers, D,
Craen, M,
Francois, I,
...
Background. Recent studies have shown that many patients treated with growth hormone (GH) during childhood because of idiopathic GH deficiency (GHD) are no longer GH deficient when retested after...
Sexual Precocity after Immigration from Developing Countries to Belgium: Evidence of Previous Exposure to Organochlorine Pesticides (2001)
Krstevska-Konstantinova, M,
Charlier, Corinne,
Craen, M,
Du Caju, M,
Heinrichs, C,
De Beaufort, C,
...
In a retrospective auxological study of 145 patients seen in Belgium during a 9-year period for treatment of precocious puberty, 28% appeared to be foreign children (39 girls, one boy) who immigrated...
Quality of life and retrospective perception of the effect of growth hormone treatment in adult patients with childhood growth hormone deficiency. (2001)
LAGROU, K,
XHROUET-HEINRICHS, D,
MASSA, G,
Vandeweghe, Mark,
BOURGUIGNON, JP,
DE SCHEPPER, J,
...
Final height in children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency treated with recombinant human growth hormone: The Belgian experience. (2001)
THOMAS, M,
MASSA, G,
BOURGUIGNON, JP,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
DE SCHEPPER, J,
DE ZEGHER, F,
...
Sexual precocity after immigration from developing countries to Belgium: evidence of previous exposure to organochlorine pesticides. (2001)
KRSTEVSKA-KONSTANTINOVA, M,
CHARLIER, C,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
DU CAJU, M,
HEINRICHS, C,
DE BEAUFORT, C,
...
Sexual precocity after immigration from developing countries to Belgium: evidence of previous exposure to organochlorine pesticides. (2001)
KRSTEVSKA-KONSTANTINOVA, M,
CHARLIER, C,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
DU CAJU, M,
HEINRICHS, C,
DE BEAUFORT, C,
...
Final height in children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency treated with recombinant human growth hormone: The Belgian experience (2001)
Massa, G,
Bourguignon, JP,
Craen, M,
De Schepper, J,
...
Background: The growth response to recombinant hGH (rhGH) treatment and final height of 61 Belgian children (32 boys) with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency (GHD) were studied. Patients/Methods:...
Sexual precocity after immigration from developing countries to Belgium: evidence of previous exposure to organochlorine pesticides (2001)
Krstevska-Konstantinova, M.,
Charlier, C.,
Craen, M.,
Du Caju, M.,
Heinrichs, C.,
De Beaufort, C.,
...
In a retrospective auxological study of 145 patients seen in Belgium during a 9-year period for treatment of precocious puberty, 28% appeared to be foreign children (39 girls, one boy) who immigrated...
Le traitement par hormone de croissance dans le syndrome de Turner : l'expérience du B. S. G. P. E. (1999)
HEINRICHS, C,
DE SCHEPPER, J,
MASSA, G,
THOMAS, M,
VERLINDEN, F,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
...
Final height in 66 Turner girls treated with GH : Independency of age at onset and dosage of ethinylestradiol therapy. (1999)
HEINRICHS, C,
DE SCHEPPER, J,
VERLINDEN, F,
THOMAS, M,
MASSA, G,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
...
Réponse au traitement par hormone de croissance et taille adulte dans l'insuffisance idiopathique en hormone de croissance : expérience du 'Belgian Study Group for Paediatric Endocrinology'. (1999)
THOMAS, M,
BOURGUIGNON, JP,
CRAEN, M,
DE SCHEPPER, J,
DE ZEGHER, F,
DOOMS, L,
...
Early, discontinuous, high dose growth hormone treatment to normalize height and weight of short children born small for gestational age: Results over 6 years. (1999)
DE ZEGHER, F,
DU CAJU, MVL,
HEINRICHS, C,
MAES, M,
De Schepper, Jozef,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
...
Early, discontinuous, high dose growth hormone treatment to normalize height and weight of short children born small for gestational age: Results over 6 years (1999)
Du Caju, MVL,
Heinrichs, C,
De Schepper, J,
Craen, M,
...
Most children born small for gestational age (SGA) normalize their size through spontaneous catch-up growth within the first 2 yr after birth. Some SGA children fail to do so and maintain an...
Age-related perception of stature, acceptance of therapy, and psychosocial functioning in human growth hormone-treated girls with Turner's syndrome. (1998)
LAGROU, K,
XHROUET-HEINRICHS, D,
HEINRICHS, C,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
CHANOINE, JP,
MALVAUX, P,
...
Longitudinal study of behavioral and affective patterns in girls with central precocious puberty during long-acting triptorelin therapy. (1997)
XHROUET-HEINRICHS, D,
LAGROU, K,
HEINRICHS, C,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
DOOMS, L,
MALVAUX, P,
...
High-dose growth hormone treatment of short children born small for gestational age. (1996)
DEZEGHER, F,
MAES, M,
GARGOSKY, SE,
HEINRICHS, C,
DUCAJU, MVL,
THIRY, G,
...
Linkage of the gene for the triple A syndrome to chromosome 12q13 near the type II keratin gene cluster (1996)
Weber, A,
Wienker, TF,
Jung, M,
Easton, D,
Dean, HJ,
Heinrichs, C,
...
High-dose growth hormone treatment of short children born small for gestational age (1996)
Gargosky, SE,
Heinrichs, C,
DuCaju, MVL,
Thiry, G,
...
The effect of GH administration was evaluated over 2 yr in 50 short, prepubertal, non-GH deficient children born small for gestational age, who had been randomly allocated to a group receiving no...
VARIATIONS IN PITUITARY-GONADAL SUPPRESSION DURING INTRANASAL BUSERELIN AND INTRAMUSCULAR DEPOT-TRIPTORELIN THERAPY FOR CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY. (1994)
HEINRICHS, C,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
VANDERSCHUEREN-LODEWEYCKX, M,
MALVAUX, P,
FAWE, L,
BOURGUIGNON, JP
HIGH-DOSE GROWTH-HORMONE THERAPY FOR SHORT CHILDREN BORN SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE. (1994)
DEZEGHER, F,
MAES, M,
HEINRICHS, C,
THIRY, G,
DUCAJU, MVL,
DESCHEPPER, J,
...
INFLUENCE OF SPONTANEOUS OR INDUCED PUBERTY ON THE GROWTH-PROMOTING EFFECT OF TREATMENT WITH GROWTH-HORMONE IN GIRLS WITH TURNERS SYNDROME. (1993)
MASSA, G,
MAES, M,
HEINRICHS, C,
Vandeweghe, Mark,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
VANDERSCHUEREN-LODEWEYCKX, M
Familial congenital hypothyroidism due to inactivating mutation of the thyrotropin receptor causing profound hypoplasia of the thyroid gland.
Abramowicz, M J,
Duprez, L,
Parma, J,
Vassart, G,
Heinrichs, C
Thyroid gland agenesis is the most common cause of congenital hypothyroidism and is usually sporadic. We investigated a brother and sister from consanguineous parents, ascertained through systematic...
Familial congenital hypothyroidism due to inactivating mutation of the thyrotropin receptor causing profound hypoplasia of the thyroid gland.
Abramowicz, M J,
Duprez, L,
Parma, J,
Vassart, G,
Heinrichs, C
Thyroid gland agenesis is the most common cause of congenital hypothyroidism and is usually sporadic. We investigated a brother and sister from consanguineous parents, ascertained through systematic...
Granulomatous gastritis in Wegener's disease: differentiation from Crohn's disease supported by a positive test for antineutrophil antibodies.
Temmesfeld-Wollbrueck, B,
Heinrichs, C,
Szalay, A,
Seeger, W
BACKGROUND: This report concerns the gastric manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis in a 44 year old white female patient who initially presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, and iridocyclitis....
Trends in age at diagnosis of Turner syndrome
Massa, G,
Verlinde, F,
De Schepper, J,
Thomas, M,
Bourguignon, J,
Craen, M,
...
Effects of human growth hormone therapy on melanocytic naevi. The Lancet, 1993, 341, pp.1505-1506.
BOURGUIGNON, JP,
PIERARD, G,
ERNOULD, C,
HEINRICHS, C,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
ROCHICCIOLI, P,
...
Variations in pituitary-gonadal suppression during intranasal buserelin and intramuscular depot-triptorelin therapy for central precocious puberty. Acta paediatrica 1994, 83, 627-633.
HEINRICHS, C,
CRAEN, MARGARITA,
VANDERSCHUEREN-LODEWEYCKX, M,
MALVAUX, P,
WE, LFA,
BOURGUIGNON, JP