Left ventricular dysfunction and subclinical atherosclerosis in children with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia: a single-center study from upper Egypt.

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Published in Eur J Pediatr on September 21, 2015

Authors

Kotb Abbass Metwalley1,2, Hekma Saad Farghaly3, Tahra Sherief4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. kotb72@yahoo.com.
2: Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, B.O. 71111, Assiut, Egypt. kotb72@yahoo.com.
3: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. hekma73@hotmail.com.
4: Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

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