Assessment of central adrenal insufficiency in children and adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 843-850

  Corrias, Andrea ^a   Grugni, Graziano ^b   Crinò, Antonino ^c   Di Candia, Stefania ^d   Chiabotto, Patrizia ^a   Cogliardi, Anna ^e   Chiumello, Giuseppe ^d   De Medici, Clotilde ^b   Spera, Sabrina ^c   Gargantini, Luigi ^f   Iughetti, Lorenzo ^g   Luce, Antonella ^h   Mariani, Benedetta ^d   Ragusa, Letizia ⁱ   Salvatoni, Alessandro ^h   Andrulli, Simeone ^e   Mussa, Alessandro ^a   Beccaria, Luciano ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Treviglio Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

ⁱ OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; SYNACHTEN; TETRACOSACTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL STRESS RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860153757     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04313.x     Document Type: Article

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