title: [Evaluation of the treatment with clonidine of short stature in children].
abstract: We report the results obtained after a treatment with clonidine. 100 micrograms/m2/d, to 23 prepubertal children (11 boys and 12 girls) along six months. All of them presented the characteristics of constitutional growth delay, and responded to different stimuli with serum GH levels upper to 10 ng/ml. The growth speed and the somatomedin C levels increased and the height SD score decreased, in 87% of the subjects. We contrast this results with the ones obtained by others authors and we finally comment the clonidine acting mechanisms and the possible therapeutic indications.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina de Cádiz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casanova Bellido
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García Valderrama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rico de Cos
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003000:Clonidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D003000:Clonidine
vernacular_title: Valoración del tratamiento con clonidina en niños con talla corta.