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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
; 30(5): 784-90, 1991 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1938795
RESUMO
The ratio of growth hormone response to clonidine and L-dopa challenge was compared in 74 boys: 15 with purported physical abuse, 7 with purported sexual abuse, 13 normal controls, and 39 psychiatric controls. Sexually abused boys demonstrate a statistically significant elevated ratio of growth hormone response to clonidine versus response to L-dopa. Physically abused boys demonstrate lower clonidine/L-dopa growth hormone response ratios compared with controls. These effects widen with increasing physical development.