How have I forgotten to post this here. At long last the HCH gene review was updated. This is a pretty big thing as it hasn't been touched since 2005.
It now includes information and links to studies about seizures. It has 3 different paragraphs referring to the Finnish study I keep going on about on this blog. See, I knew it was relevant!!!
It also includes updated information about GH treatment and specifically mentions the 2 recent French studies specifically.
Also it takes a more positive view on limb lengthening by saying: "Surgical limb lengthening is controversial, but is achieving greater acceptance with fewer complications as larger numbers of operations have been performed."
You can read the whole gene review here, it is a pretty heavy read, but in my opinion it is the single most useful medical document and should we shared with the pediatrician treating the child.
Petite yet fierce - Ramblings of a pathologically information hungry mother about hypochondroplasia, about rearing 3 girls in a foreign country and about all the random thoughts my sleep deprived and over-stimulated brain can come up with.
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