Energy expenditure in neonates with Down syndrome.
Resting energy expenditure was measured in term neonates with Down syndrome during the first week of life and compared with healthy neonates. Infants with Down syndrome expended 14% fewer calories than did healthy infants of the same age.
Bauer
Jacqueline
J
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Jacqueline_Bauer@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Teufel
Ulrike
U
Doege
Corinna
C
Hans-Juergen
Gausepohl
G
Beedgen
Bernd
B
Linderkamp
Otwin
O
D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn