NEPHROPATHY-INDUCED PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL R ETARDATION IN GIRLS - EFFECTIVE STIMULATION BY ZINC, PARLODEL AND NORCOLUTE

Authors
KUKHTEVICH AV ERMOLENKO VM KUZNETSOVA AI GITEL YP BUNATYAN AF SMIRNOVA GA ADNORAL SA
Citation
Av. Kukhtevich et al., NEPHROPATHY-INDUCED PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL R ETARDATION IN GIRLS - EFFECTIVE STIMULATION BY ZINC, PARLODEL AND NORCOLUTE, Terapevticeskij arhiv, 65(6), 1993, pp. 54-58
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Terapevticeskij arhiv → ACNP
ISSN journal
00403660
Volume
65
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
54 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-3660(1993)65:6<54:NPASRE>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The paper reports 3 cases of physical and sexual retardation in girls aged 14-22 with nephropathy: 1 girl had uremia in a conservative stage , 1 patient was put on a chronic hemodialysis for terminal uremia, 1 g irl; received a renal transplant. In response to combined treatment (z inc sulfate+parlodel) in the former two patients and norcolute therapy in the latter one body mass and growth increased in all the 3. The di scussion is concerned with mechanisms of developmental defects in neph ropathies, comparative efficacy of the drugs used and social rehabilit ation of nephropathy girls with small height and sexual infantilism.