Van Wyk and Grumbach Syndrome: An Unusual Case and Review of the Literature

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Durbin, Kaci L ^a   Diaz Montes, Teresa ^b   Loveless, Meredith B ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Ovarian cyst; Tumor markers; Van Wyk and Grumbach syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INHIBIN A; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEVOTHYROXINE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENSTRUATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OVARY CYST; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS; VAN WYK GRUMBACH SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADENOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN CYSTS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; SYNDROME; THYROXINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959941648     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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