Case 3-2005: A 14-year-old boy with recent slowing of growth and delayed puberty

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-403

  Israel, Esther J ^a,b   Levitsky, Lynne L ^a,b   Anupindi, Sudha A ^a,b   Pitman, Martha B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; AUTOANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DELAYED PUBERTY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; ROTAVIRUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YERSINIA; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENUM; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY, DELAYED; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 13744252528     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc049032     Document Type: Article

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