Rare case of Alstrom syndrome without obesity and with short stature, diagnosed in adulthood

Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-84

  Koç, Eyup ^a,d   Bayrak, Gulden ^a   Suher, Murat ^a   Ensari, Cuneyt ^a   Aktas, Dilek ^b   Ensari, Arzu ^c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Ümit Mh Meksika Cad ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alstrom syndrome; Blindness; Deafness; Normal body weight; Renal dysfunction; Short stature

Indexed keywords

CILAZAPRIL; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ALSTROM SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATTY LIVER; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SYNDROME;

EID: 33645892581     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2006.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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