Growth, puberty and testicular function in boys born small for gestational age with a nonspecific disorder of sex development.
Lloyd J W TackSaskia van der StraatenStefan RiedlAlexander SpringerPaul-Martin HolterhusNadine C HornigZofia KolesinskaMarek NiedzielaFederico BaronioAntonio BalsamoSabine E HannemaAnna NordenströmŞükran PoyrazoğluFatma F DarendelilerRomina GrinsponRodolfo Alberto ReyFahad AljuraibahJillian BryceSyed Faisal AhmedRieko Tadokoro-CuccaroIeuan HughesGuilherme Guaragna-FilhoAndrea T Maciel-GuerraGil Guerra-JuniorMartine CoolsPublished in: Clinical endocrinology (2021)
Almost one out of three SGA boys with a nonspecific DSD experiences insufficient catch-up growth. In addition, our data suggest dysfunction of infantile Leydig cells or altered regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in SGA boys during childhood. Sex steroid production during puberty seems unaffected.