Aromatase excess syndrome presenting with prepubertal gynecomastia in an Egyptian child with type 1 neurofibromatosis

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 472-474

  Metwalley, Kotb Abbass ^a   Farghaly, Hekma Saad ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aromatase excess syndrome; neurofibromatosis; prepubertal gynecomastia

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NEUROFIBROMIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ALLELE; AROMATASE EXCESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST TENDERNESS; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTRON; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RARE DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900343459     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: 1998362X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.124379     Document Type: Article

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