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Peer reviewedPueschel, Seigfried M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 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…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Body Height, Downs Syndrome
