Effect of Cyproheptadine on Weight and Growth Velocity in Children With Silver-Russell Syndrome

A. Lemoine,Madeleine D. Harbison,Jennifer Salem,Patrick Tounian,Irène Netchine,Béatrice Dubern

Effect of Cyproheptadine on Weight and Growth Velocity in Children With Silver-Russell Syndrome

2017

A. Lemoine
Madeleine D. Harbison
Jennifer Salem
Patrick Tounian
Irène Netchine
Béatrice Dubern

ABSTRACTObjectives:Nutritional management of children with Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is crucial, especially before initiating growth hormone therapy. Since cyproheptadine (CYP) has been reported to be orexigenic, we retrospectively investigated the effects of CYP on changes in weight and height

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Diabetes mellitus
Endocrinology
Hormone therapy
Orexigenic
Silver–Russell syndrome
Internal medicine
Cyproheptadine
Medicine
follow up studies
Gastrointestinal agent
growth hormone
growth velocity

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