ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE INSENSITIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH AUTONOMIC NERVOUS-SYSTEM DISORDERS

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作者
DUMIC, M [1 ]
RADICA, A [1 ]
SABOL, Z [1 ]
PLAVSIC, V [1 ]
BRKLJACIC, L [1 ]
SARNAVKA, V [1 ]
VUKOVIC, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ZAGREB, UNIV HOSP REBRO, CTR TISSUE TYPING, YU-41000 Zagreb, YUGOSLAVIA
关键词
ACTH INSENSITIVITY; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS; OSTEOPOROSIS; HLA TYPING;
D O I
10.1007/BF01958757
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
Five children with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) insensitivity associated with autonomic nervous system disorders are described. At the time of diagnosis, four of them had osteoporosis. The fifth patient died and skeletal roentgenograms were not done. Osteoporosis was subsequently discovered in one of our previously reported patients with ACTH insensitivity. We assume that osteoporosis is, at least partly, the result of decreased adrenal androgen production. Human leucocyte antigen typing failed to establish any linkage.
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