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.....

Journal Article 2015; 36(6): 583-588 PubMed PMID: 26812298

OBJECTIVE: There is increasing evidence for the contribution of obesity and its metabolic sequels in the development of arterial hypertens.....

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 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.....

Journal Article 2006; 27(4): 415-423 PubMed PMID: 16891999 Keywords: Adult, Apolipoprotein E2:genetics, Chronic Disease, Dental Amalgam:adverse effects, Dental Restoration, Permanent, Depression:chemically induced, Fatigue:chemically induced, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Humans, Male, Memory Disorde.

: In a group of 465 patients diagnosed as having chronic mercury toxicity (CMT), 32.3% had severe fatigue, 88.8% had memory loss, and 27.5.....