Cushing's disease presenting with growth failure: clinical remission during cyproheptadine therapy.
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 54 (6), 466-468
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.54.6.466
Abstract
A 14.7 yr old boy had almost complete suppression of growth due to mild pituitary-dependent Cushing''s disease. There was complete clinical remission during treatment with cyproheptadine (12 mg/day) and this was maintained when treatment was stopped after 18 mo.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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