Panhypopituitarism in a child with common variable immunodeficiency

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 322-325

  Younes, Jihad S ^a   Secord, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS; NEGRO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0036769701     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61963-1     Document Type: Article

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