Prophylactic adrenalectomy of a three-year-old girl with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: Pre- and postoperative studies

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3324-3327

  Gunther, Daniel F ^a   Bukowski, Timothy P ^a   Ritzén, E Martin ^b   Wedell, Anna ^b   Van Wyk, Judson J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SODIUM BALANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SODIUM; VIRILISM;

EID: 0030928014     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.10.3324     Document Type: Article

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