Progesterone treatment of the obesity hypoventilation syndrome in a child

Orenstein, D.M.; Boat, T.F.; Stern, R.C.; Doershuk, C.F.; Light, M.S.

Journal of Pediatrics 90(3): 477-479

1977


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3476
PMID: 839343
Document Number: 122879
Both i.m. and oral progesterone were effective and apparently safe in treating life-threatening OHS in a 4 yr old girl with the Prader-Willi syndrome. Although decreased appetite was not previously reported with progesterone, this patient's formerly uncontrollable eating was much more manageable during progesterone treatment.

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