Cushing's Disease in Children: Report of Three Cases

• Main Authors: Ping-Yi Hsu (Author), Yi-Ching Tung (Author), Cheng-Ting Lee (Author), Fu-Sung Lo (Author), Mu-Zon Wu (Author), Wen-Yu Tsai (Author), Yong-Kwang Tu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cushing's disease is rare in children and adolescents. We report the clinical presentations of three children with Cushing's disease. All three exhibited the typical symptoms and signs of weight gain and growth retardation. Tw o also demonstrated personality changes, hypertension and hypok...