Normal adrenal function in an infant following a pregnancy complicated by maternal adrenal cortical carcinoma and mitotane exposure

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 203-204

  Kojori, Fatemeh ^a   Cronin, Catherine M G ^a   Salamon, Elizabeth ^a   Burym, Craig ^a   Sellers, Elizabeth Ann Cameron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

adrenal cortical carcinoma; adrenal function; dexamethasone; fetus; mitotane; newborn; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOTANE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HELLP SYNDROME; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MITOTANE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955518479     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.123     Document Type: Article

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