A case of Turner syndrome with congenital hypothyroidism untreated until age 38 years

Hormone Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-54

  Ishikawa, Norio ^a,c   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^b   Hashimoto, Kinya ^a   Wada, Masaki ^a  

^a Niigata Prefectural Koide Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c Department of Pediatrics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone age; Cretinism; Epiphyseal closure; Permissive effect; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KARYOTYPING; MENARCHE; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 12244267046     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067939     Document Type: Article

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