Cholestatic hepatitis as a result of severe cortisol deficiency in early infancy: Report of two case and review of literature

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 376-379

  Gönç, E Nazli ^a   Kandemir, Nurgün ^a   Andiran, Nesibe ^a   Özön, Alev ^a   Yordam, Nurşen ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Cholestasis; Cholestatic hepatitis; Glucocorticoid insufficiency; Hypopituitarism; Isolated glucocorticoid deficiency

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF HORMONE METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PITUITARY HORMONE DEFICIENCY; PREDICTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MALE; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846058294     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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