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Liver dysfunction and hypoglycaemia as presentations of hypopituitarism in a child
Affiliations- Pediatrics Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Pediatrics Department, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Porto, Portugal
- Pediatrics Department, Centro Hospitalar De Trás-Os-Montes E Alto Douro, Portugal, Portugal
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal, Portugal
- Reference Centre for Inborn Errors of Metabolism of São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal
- Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Paediatrics Department, São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal
- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Paediatrics Department, São João University Hospital Centre, Porto, Portugal
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Keywords
child; cholestatic jaundice; hypoglycaemia; hypopituitarism; liver dysfunction
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Liver dysfunction and hypoglycaemia as presentations of hypopituitarism in a child
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Pages
672-673
Published online
2021-08-18
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DOI
10.5603/EP.a2021.0079
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Bibliographic record
Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(6):672-673.
Keywords
child
cholestatic jaundice
hypoglycaemia
hypopituitarism
liver dysfunction
Authors
Sara Fonseca
Tiago Magalhães
Beatriz Teixeira
Lurdes Lisboa
Esmeralda Rodrigues
Eunice Trindade
Sofia Ferreira
Carla Costa
Cíntia Castro-Correia
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