Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: Epidemiology, management and practical drug treatment

Paediatric Drugs

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 599-611

  Merke, D ^a,b   Kabbani, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 OXOSTEROID; ANDROGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROLYTE; FLUDROCORTISONE; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; PREGNANETRIOL; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CUSHING DISEASE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENZYME DEFECT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034846805     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128072-200103080-00005     Document Type: Review

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