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View Post: usmle preparation: Failure to Thrive
25 Nov 2009 by asghar  
Alternate growth charts are available for children with Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, meningomyelocele, low birth weight, and very low birth weight. No matter which growth chart is used, the most valuable information is obtained by ..... GI disorder (eg, CF, celiac disease, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, chronic diarrhea) Renal - Renal failure, renal tubular acidosis. Endocrine - Hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, growth hormone deficiency. Inborn error of metabolism ...
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View Post: Healthy Hints » Blog Archive » Menstruation disorders: menorrhagia ...
14 Oct 2009 by Simona  
The delay may not indicate a disorder of the endocrine system, such as a pituitary tumor, hypothyroidism (underactivity of the thyroid gland), an adrenal tumor, or adrenal hyperplasia. Another rare cause of delayed puberty is Turner's syndrome, in which one female sex chromosome is missing. In some cases, menstruation fails to take place because the vagina or uterus has been absent from birth. It may also fail to occur because there is no perforation in the hymen (the ...
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View Post: Merck Serono Growth Hormone Injection Device easypod(R) Approved ...
15 Sep 2009 by Prne  
Saizen(R) is currently registered in 78 countries for the treatment of: - GH deficiency in children - GH deficiency in adult patients - Children born Small for Gestational Age - Turner's syndrome - GH deficiency in children associated with .... or anovulation) due to a dysfunction in the hypothalamic- pituitary system or polycystic ovarian syndrome. GONAL-f is a recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone currently approved in Japan for the treatment of male infertility. ...
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View Post: Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation : in Ovary Cancer
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31 Oct 2009 by pankajpatel   ...
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View Post: PsycNET - Display Record
1 Oct 2008 by Wodrich, David L.; Tarbox, Jennifer  
The origin of these disorder-specific impairments is becoming progressively understood at the level of genetics, central nervous system structures and functions, and neurotransmitter action. Accordingly, knowledge of the ... Canadian Growth Hormone Advisory Committee. (2005). Impact of growth hormone supplementation on adult height in Turner syndrome: Results of the Canadian randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 90, 3360-3366. ...
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View Post: Lady Gaga, Caster Semenya, and “gender” controversies
Psychology ...
11 Sep 2009 by Elizabeth Meyer, Ph.D.   ...
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View Post: Growth Hormone Deficiency Explained parenting : herdaily.com
6 Feb 2009
Hormones: Many diseases of the endocrine system, which is made up of the glands that produce hormones, can affect growth. Hormones are secreted by the endocrine glands and carried throughout the body in the bloodstream. ... Girls with Turner syndrome tend to be short and don't usually undergo normal sexual development because their ovaries don't mature and function normally. Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD): One growth disorder that is specific to the hormones that govern ...
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View Post: Genderpalooza! A Sex & Gender Primer
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19 Mar 2008 by Heather   ...
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View Post: Breast cancer risk low in women with Turner's syndrome
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4 Mar 2008 ...
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