Mauriac syndrome in a 3-year-old boy

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-66

  Mahesh, Shefali ^a   Karp, Robert J ^b   Castells, Salvador ^b   Quintos, Jose Bernardo Q ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GROWTH DISORDER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 34147157835     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.13.1.63     Document Type: Article

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