Growth, growth hormone testing and response to growth hormone treatment in Gitelman syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-259

  Slyper, Arnold H ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gitelman syndrome; Hypokalemia; Hypomagnesemia; Short stature

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE; LEVODOPA;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; SHORT STATURE; STRESS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BARTTER SYNDROME; BLOOD; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HYPOKALEMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

BARTTER SYNDROME; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GITELMAN SYNDROME; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 34247105371     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2007.20.2.257     Document Type: Article

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