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  • Title: [Measurement of homovanillic acid in urine of newborns and in older children].
    Author: Garreau B, Martineau J, Roux S, Domenech J, Guerois M, Barthelemy C.
    Journal: C R Seances Soc Biol Fil; 1979; 173(4):706-11. PubMed ID: 160814.
    Abstract:
    In this study, the urinary H.V.A. of new borns and of older children was measured. The urinary H.V.A. titer of the new borns was found to be significantly greater than in older children. Moreover the increase is more pronounced when those infants are born prematurely. Former studies have shown that the metabolism of central nervous system catecholamine reflected by the urinary titers of H.V.A. is as accurate as titers measured in the CSF. Recently several authors have found increased titers of urinary H.V.A. in autistic children. It is therefore possible that the elevated urinary H.V.A. titers in the new born are due to an immaturity of the dopaminergic structures. Blocking these structures provokes an accelerated catecholamine turnover, thereby increasing the levels of catecholamines metabolites (most notably H.V.A.).
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