Growth hormone deficiency in salt-losing congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Eur J Pediatr. 2002 Oct;161(10):556-8. doi: 10.1007/s00431-002-0984-y. Epub 2002 Aug 28.

Authors

Antonina Tirendi¹, Cristina Traggiai, Gerald S Conway, Richard Stanhope

Affiliation

¹ Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and The Middlesex Hospital (UCLH), London, UK.

PMID: 12297904
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-0984-y

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / complications
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / drug therapy*
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / metabolism*
Body Mass Index
Child
Child Welfare
Child, Preschool
Dwarfism, Pituitary / complications
Dwarfism, Pituitary / drug therapy*
Dwarfism, Pituitary / metabolism*
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Human Growth Hormone / deficiency*
Human Growth Hormone / therapeutic use*
Humans
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / blood
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / drug effects
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / drug effects
Mineralocorticoids / therapeutic use
Patient Compliance
Steroid 21-Hydroxylase / drug effects
Steroid 21-Hydroxylase / metabolism

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3
Mineralocorticoids
Human Growth Hormone
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Steroid 21-Hydroxylase