An unusual presentation of a usual disorder: Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome
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An unusual presentation of girl with down syndrome: Van-Wyk Grumbach syndrome
Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome is a rare disease characterized by precocious puberty associated with prolonged hypothyroidism and multicystic enlarged ovaries. A9 year-old girl with Down syndrome visited our hospital for early menarche. At birth, she showed subclinical hypothyroidism (11.8 mg/dL of thyroxine (T4) and 6.05 mIU/mL of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)), but she had not been followed up...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2230-8210
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.83356