Vanderfaeillie, J, Froidecoeur, C, Thomas, Muriel, Massa, G, Tenoutasse, S, ...
Objective and design: Children born small for gestational age (SGA) are not only at risk for short stature, but also for neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems. In this study, we analyzed the...
Transplacental passage of a nonionic contrast agent (2005)
Vanhaesebrouck, P, Verstraete, A, De Praeter, C, Smets, K, Zecic, A, Craen, M
We report the presence of iopromide in the bowel and urine of a preterm infant, born 10 days after intravenous administration of the nonionic monomer to his mother. Excessive urinary iodine excretion...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Running and soccer specific tests in pubertal boys: a longitudinal study (2001)
Philippaerts, Renaat, Janssens, Melissa, VAN RENTERGHEM, B, Stoops, Filip, MATTHYS, D, CRAEN, M, ...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
We report on a girl with the kabuki makeup syndrome, including short stature, premature thelarche and partial growth hormone deficiency of hypothalamic origin, without stalk interruption. Treatment...
Hypothalamo-pituitary dysfunction in congenital toxoplasmosis (1989)
Vanderschueren-Lodeweyckx, M, Van Vliet, G, Craen, M
Three patients with congenital toxoplasmosis and hypothalamo-pituitary dysfunction are reported. All three children were growth hormone (GH) deficient, two were gonadotropin deficient and one had...
Growth-hormone deficiency - a hidden obstetrical trauma (1987)
Vandenbroeck, J, Vanderschuerenlodeweyckx, M, Malvaux, P, Craen, M, Vanvliet, G, Dooms, L, ...
Neuropsychological study in treated thyroid dysgenesis (1979)
Noel, P, Craen, M, Ernould, C, Malvaux, P, ...
Neuropsychological assessment was carried out in 57 patients aged 3.0 to 17.5 years (mean 8.5) with thyroid dysgenesis under adequate long-term therapy. Starting age of hypothyroidism as estimated by...
Neuropsychological study in treated thyroid dysgenesis (1978)
Verstraeten, F, Vanderschuerenlodeweyckx, M, Craen, M, Malvaux, P
De novo terminal deletion 7p22.1--pter in a child without craniosynostosis.
Speleman, F, Craen, M, Leroy, J
A patient with a de novo terminal deletion of the short arm of chromosome 7 (p22.1--pter) is described. Facial dysmorphism, a congenital heart defect, and genital hypoplasia were evident. There were...
Orye, E, Craen, M, Laureys, G, Van Coster, R, Van Mele, B
A Y;12 translocation, resulting in extra Yq material and partial monosomy 12p, was found in a 7 1/2 year old boy. He showed growth and mental retardation and several of the congenital anomalies seen...