ACTH deficiency in childhood cancer survivors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 808-813

  Rose, Susan R ^a,b,c,e   Danish, Robert K ^b,c   Kearney, Nicole S ^b   Schreiber, Randi E ^c   Lustig, Robert H ^b,c,d   Burghen, George A ^b,c   Hudson, Melissa M ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MLC 7012 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Adrenocorticotropin; Hypopituitarism; Hypothalamic pituitary deficiency; Late effects in childhood tumor survivors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METYRAPONE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN STEM; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL IRRADIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FATIGUE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HORMONES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY, DELAYED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 24944456770     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20327     Document Type: Article

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