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Growth hormone therapy in young children with Down syndrome and a clinical comparison of Down and Prader-Willi syndromes.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Apr 2000
Annerén G, Tuvemo T, Gustafsson J
Abstract excerpt
The genetic disorders Prader-Willi syndrome and Down syndrome have a number of features in common, for example, both growth and mental retardation. Growth hormone (GH) treatment is becoming part of the clinical management of children with Prader-Willi syndrome, but in children with Down syndrome, such therapy is still on a research level. In this review, we compare the clinical phenotypes of the two syndromes,...
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