Central precocious puberty and growth hormone deficiency in a boy with Prader-Willi syndrome

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1455-1458

  Crinò, Antonino ^a   Di Giorgio, Girolamo ^a   Schiaffini, Riccardo ^a   Fierabracci, Alessandra ^a   Spera, Sabrina ^a   Maggioni, Andrea ^a   Gattinara, Guido Castelli ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth hormone deficiency; Hypogonadism; Prader Willi syndrome; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INHIBIN B; INSULIN; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRYPTORCHISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOTHERAPY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54249162534     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0679-0     Document Type: Article

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