A 12 year old boy with recurrent episodes of pneumonia: triple A syndrome.
| Autor: | Parhizkar B; Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Maghsoodi N; Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Forootan M; Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Entezari AH; Department of Gastroenterology, Rasool Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench [Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench] 2012 Spring; Vol. 5 (2), pp. 112-5. |
| Abstrakt: | Triple A syndrome (Allgrove syndrome) is a rare inherited autosomal recessive disease with a typical triad including adrenocorticotrophic-hormone-resistant glucocorticoid insufficiency, reduced or absent tearing (alacrima) and achalasia and a wide range of symptoms can be detected due to multi organ involvement. This report describes the case of a Triple Asyndrome, a12 year-old boy with a history of recurrent episodes of pneumonia and growth retardation due to failure to timely diagnosis of his problem. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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