The role of bilateral adrenalectomy in the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2993-2998

  Van Wyk, Judson J ^a   Ritzen, E Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCOCORTICOID; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NULL ALLELE; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037622845     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-022026     Document Type: Article

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