Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ468795
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0891-4222
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Growth Hormone Response after Administration of L-dopa, Clonidine, and Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone in Children with Down Syndrome.
Pueschel, Seigfried M.
Research in Developmental Disabilities, v14 n4 p291-98 Jul-Aug 1993
This study of eight growth-retarded children with Down's syndrome (aged 1 to 6.5 years) found that administration of growth hormone was more effective than either L-dopa or clonidine. Results suggest that children with Down's syndrome have both anatomical and biochemical hypothalamic derangements resulting in decreased growth hormone secretion and reduced linear growth. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Body Height, Downs Syndrome, Drug Therapy, Physical Development, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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