Acute pancreatitis after growth hormone treatment: Disease or treatment linked?

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 652-653

  De Beaufort, Carine ^a   Beck, Peter ^b   Seligmann, Roland ^a   De Meirleir, Linda ^c   De Schepper, Jean ^c  

^a DECCP   (Luxembourg)

^b Clinique Saint Joseph   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Childhood; Growth hormone treatment; Mitochondrial cytopathy

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CHILD; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; VOMITING;

EID: 33746553706     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0126-z     Document Type: Article

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