Аннтотация

© 2018, Pediatria Ltd.. All rights reserved. Objective of the research: to dentify risk factors for growth retardation in patients with juvenile scleroderma (JSD). The presented data show that the most unfavorable factors for growth retardation in patients with JSD are the systemic form of the disease, debut age less than 4 years. Other unfavorable factors of growth retardation developing are father's height less than 175 cm and a mother's height less than 165 cm. Analysis of the effect of glucocorticoid saverage daily dose during the year on the growth rate in patients with JSD, normalization of growth rates was noted with its decrease to 0,2 mg/kg/day or less.