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Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Associated With Hypogonadism: A Case Report And Literature Review
2022-01-06
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<h4>Background: </h4> Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a displacement of the femoral head epiphysis that is sometimes associated with endocrinopathies. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) who developed SCFE during growth hormone therapy (GHT). We also performed a systematic review of the cases of SCFE and hypogonadism in the literature. Case presentation: Th...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5348c939-61e3-58a2-a90b-a7031d9bf183
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1199527/v1
