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Feeding impairments associated with plasma sterols in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Oct 2014
Merkens Mark J, Sinden Nancy L, Brown Christine D, Merkens Louise S, Roullet Jean-Baptiste, Nguyen Thuan, Steiner Robert D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively evaluate feeding impairment in children with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) and to correlate feeding impairment with clinical and biochemical indices of disease severity. STUDY DESIGN: The study subjects were 26 children with SLOS ranging in age from 0.4 to 19 years. Clinical severity was measured using an existing scoring system. We created a tool to quantitatively evaluate...
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