Progressively worsening hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a child with newly diagnosed Costello syndrome while receiving growth hormone therapy

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-461

  Kobayashi, Daisuke ^a   Cook, Amanda L ^a   Williams, Derek A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic syndromes; HRAS gene mutation; neonatal cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COSTELLO SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HRAS GENE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT STATURE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD; COSTELLO SYNDROME; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78349241131     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110000260     Document Type: Article

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