PMC8645647_01
(A) Patient at age 6 months (red arrow), two of his litter mates (green arrow), and another cat of the same age (yellow arrow). (B) Patient at age 6 months in detail.
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He was half the size of his litter mates (Figure 1).
Patient at the beginning of the therapy; whole-body X-ray show normal mineralization of the bones, and no fractures present. (A) Lateral position with marked normal growth plates (yellow arrows). (B) Ventrodorsal position. Elbows in detail. (C) Lateral position of the right elbow. (D) Lateral position of the left elbow, both with normal growth plates (yellow arrows).
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X-rays (Figure 2) showed the front legs to be similar to a 16-week-old cat and the hind legs similar to a 12-week-old cat according to the literature.
Patient at age of 8 months, weight 2.7 kg.
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Table 1), and after 9 weeks, the enzymes were much higher (ALT 416 U/L, AST 156 U/L, ALP 174 U/L, GGT was normal, Table 1). Therapy with growth hormone was discontinued at 8 months of age (Figure 3).