Familial glucocorticoid deficiency type 2 in two neonates

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-66

  Ramachandran, Pallath ^a   Penhoat, Armelle ^b   Naville, Danielle ^b   Begeot, Martine ^b   Abdel Wareth, Laila Osama ^a   Sedaghatian, Mohamad Reza ^a  

^a MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; RENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL GLUCOCORTICOID DEFICIENCY TYPE 2; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDDLE EAST; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENIN RELEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CONSANGUINITY; GENES, RECESSIVE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN;

EID: 0344406160     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210813     Document Type: Article

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