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Table
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Body
Mass Index and Segmental Proportion in Children with Different Subtypes of
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Volume 19,
Issue 2, 2003 |
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Table 2 - Characteristics of Various PSS Syndromes1 |
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Type |
Age of Onset |
Failure to Thrive |
Bizarre Behavior |
Depression |
GH Secretion |
Parental Rejection |
GH Responsiveness |
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I |
Infancy |
Usually |
No |
Often |
Normal |
No (see text) |
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II |
>3
years |
Some & some overweight |
Usual |
Very often |
Decreased or absent often |
Usual |
Minimal at doses used |
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III |
Infancy or later |
Not usual |
Not usual |
Yes |
Normal |
Concern, not rejection |
Significant at dose used |
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Adapted
from: Blizzard RM, Bulatovic A. In: Lifshitz F, ed. Pediatric
Endocrinology 3rd Edition. New York: Marcel Dekker,
1996:83-93. |
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