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[Acute adrenal insufficiency in the newborn].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Oct 2006
Limal J-M, Bouhours-Nouet N, Rouleau S, Gatelais F, Coutant R
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal acute adrenal insufficiency is a rare condition. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia with 21-hydroxylase defect appears to be the most frequent cause, but the neonatal screening has improved its potential severe outcome. The other causes and the various clinical presentations have been exposed, with a special reference to the salt-wasting syndrome. Among them, the severity of X-linked adrenal hypoplasia...
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