Growth hormone hypersecretion in a girl with neurofibromatosis type 1 and an optic nerve glioma: Resolution following chemotherapy

Hormone Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 305-308

  Drake, A J ^a   Lowis, S P ^a   Bouffet, E ^b   Crowne, E C ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Growth hormone hypersecretion; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Optic chiasm glioma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; GROWTH HORMONE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACTINOMYCIN; FEMALE; GLIOMA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; VINCRISTINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034519723     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053188     Document Type: Article

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