Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ424492
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Growth Hormone Response to L-Dopa and Clonidine in Autistic Children.
Realmuto, George M.; And Others
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v20 n4 p455-65 Dec 1990
Seven medication-free autistic subjects (ages 6-19) were administered clonidine and L-Dopa to investigate neuroendocrine responses through changes in growth hormone levels. Findings showed that, compared to normal controls, the L-Dopa-stimulated growth hormone peak was delayed and the clonidine growth hormone peak was premature. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Children, Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education, Pharmacology, Physiology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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