Longer term outcome in females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH): The Cardiff experience

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-332

  Premawardhana, L D K E ^a,c   Hughes, I A ^b   Read, G F ^a   Scanlon, M F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE ACETATE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0030956298     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1360962.x     Document Type: Article

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