Back to basics: Early diagnosis and compliance improve final height outcome in congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-5

  Schwartz, Robert P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 OXOSTEROID; ANDROGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; FLUTAMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PREDNISONE; PREGNANETRIOL; TESTOLACTONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; BODY HEIGHT; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIPHYSIS DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRILIZATION;

EID: 0035142099     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2001.111427     Document Type: Article

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