Menstruation in a 2 month-old infant with salt-losing congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 771-

  Chatterjee, Sudip ^a   Bhattacharya, Sukanta ^b  

^a Park Clinic   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FLUDROCORTISONE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TESTOSTERONE;

CASE REPORT; CLITORIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LETTER; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OVARY FOLLICLE; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 33745246902     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.5.771     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Uli N, Chin D, David R, Geneiser N, Roche K, Marino F, Shapiro E, Prasad K, Oberfield S. Menstrual bleeding in a female infant with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: altered maturation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian-axis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997; 82: 3298-3302.