Adrenal function in 23 children with paracoccidioidomycosis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 333-336

  Pereira, Ricardo Mendes ^a,b   Guerra Júnior, Gil ^a   Tresoldi, Antonia Terezinha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Children; Cortisol and ACTH; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33846209203     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000600006     Document Type: Article

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