Enhanced liver fibrosis (ELF) test in obese children with ultrasound-proven liver steatosis.

Journal Article 2015; 36(7): 700-705 PubMed PMID: 26859594

OBJECTIVE: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese children is a diagnostic challenge. The enhanced liver fibrosis test (ELF) b.....

The first description of metyrapone use in severe Cushing Syndrome due to ectopic ACTH secretion in an infant with immature sacrococcygeal teratoma. Case Report.

Journal Article 2015; 36(7): 653-655 PubMed PMID: 26859587

: Cushing syndrome due to ectopic secretion of ACTH in infants is rare. The treatment of choice is radical resection of the tumour in comb.....

Case Reports 2015; 36(8): 734-736 PubMed PMID: 26921572 Keywords: Antidiuretic Agents:therapeutic use, Deamino Arginine Vasopressin:therapeutic use, Female, Hormone Replacement Therapy:methods, Human Growth Hormone:therapeutic use, Humans, Hydrocortisone:therapeutic use, Hypopituitarism:diagnosis, Infant, Newborn, Magne.

: Turner syndrome (TS) is a congenital disease caused by absence or structural abnormalities of sex chromosomes resulting in gonadal dysge.....

Case Reports 2015; 36(3): 236-240 PubMed PMID: 26313389 Keywords: Adolescent, Carney Complex:diagnosis, Cushing Syndrome:diagnosis, Humans, Male,.

: Cardiac tumors in infants and children are rare. Myxomas are the second (after rhabdomyomas) most common primary cardiac tumors in pedia.....

Case Reports 2014; 35(4): 252-256 PubMed PMID: 25038596 Keywords: Adult, Cerebrum:metabolism, Diabetes Insipidus:blood, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Hyponatremia:blood, Intraoperative Complications, Postoperative Complications:blood, Postoperative Period, Sodium:blood, Syndrome, Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt:adverse ef.

: Cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSW-cerebral salt wasting) was first described in 1950 by Peters. This syndrome can occur in patients wh.....

Comparative Study 2014; 35(4): 306-313 PubMed PMID: 25038594 Keywords: Adolescent, Birth Weight:physiology, Body Height:physiology, Body Mass Index, Child, Child Development:physiology, Child, Preschool, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11:genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7:genetics, Female, Fetal Growth Retardation:physiopatholog.

OBJECTIVE: Silver-Russell syndrome is heterogeneous both clinically and genetically. The best known genetic aberrations existing in this s.....