Triple A (Allgrove) syndrome: An unusual association with syringomyelia

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bizzarri, Carla ^a   Benevento, Danila ^a   Terzi, Cesare ^b   Huebner, Angela ^c   Cappa, Marco ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Adrenal failure; Alacrimia; Allgrove syndrome; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DOMPERIDONE; HYDROCORTISONE; RANITIDINE; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; AAAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEOPORIN;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ALLGROVE SYNDROME; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXON; FATIGUE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TENDON REFLEX; VERTEBRA; VOMITING; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 84879224246     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-39-39     Document Type: Article

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