Primary hypothyroidism presenting as ovarian tumor and precocious puberty in a prepubertal girl

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 395-398

  Campaner, Adriana B ^a,b   Scapinelli, Alessandro ^a   Machado, Ruy O ^a   Dos Santos, Roberto E ^a   Beznos, Geni W ^a   Aoki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Jd América ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Ovarian cysts; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; JUVENILE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID GLAND; VAGINA BLEEDING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; OVARIAN CYSTS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROXINE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33746815659     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590600819032     Document Type: Article

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