Adrenal insufficiency in infancy
| Autor: | Julia Shih-Fan Yu |
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| Rok vydání: | 1954 |
| Předmět: |
Adrenal Cortex Diseases
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Disorders of Sex Development Physiology Infant Newborn Diseases Internal medicine medicine Adrenal insufficiency Humans Disorders of sex development hirsutism Adrenal cortex business.industry Infant Newborn medicine.disease Cortisone medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Adrenogenital syndrome Adrenal Cortex Hormone therapy business Adrenal Insufficiency medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Pediatrics. 45:332-336 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3476 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0022-3476(54)80198-3 |
| Popis: | Summary 1. An additional case of adrenogenital syndrome with adrenal insufficiency of a female pseudohermaphrodite at the age of 5 weeks is reported. 2. Early diagnosis and prompt therapyprobably averted the death of the infant. 3. Adrenal insufficiency was confirmed by the laboratory findings as well as by the subsequent improvement on a trial of hormone therapy. 4. Hirsutism and elevated 17-ketosteroidswere controlled after the administration of cortisone. |
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