title: Energy expenditure in neonates with Down syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 150, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Jacqueline_Bauer@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Teufel
authors.forename: Corinna
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doege
authors.forename: Gausepohl
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hans-Juergen
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beedgen
authors.forename: Otwin
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Linderkamp
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn