[Zinc status in children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency].

The objective was to study blood Zinc levels and hair Zinc content in three subsets of 40 naive patients (29 boys) with childhood onset GH deficiency (isolated total GHD, partial GHD, syndrome biological inactive GH). Our data showed that GHD in children and adolescents, independently of GHD severity and etiology, is associated with significant decrease of blood zinc level (P < 0.05).