Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome- Endocrinopathy with Recurrent Acute Liver Failure
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Date
2019-12
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Publisher
Indian Academy of Pediatrics
Abstract
A 2-yr-old child with early onset diabetes and hypothyroidism,and diagnosed as Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome, developed twoepisodes of acute liver failure and recovered, but he remains athigh risk of developing another episode of acute liver failure.Autoimmune, metabolic or genetic disorders should be evaluatedin children with recurrent acute liver failure and genetic testsneeds to be considered
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Keywords
Diabetes mellitus, Genetic disorder, Metabolicdisease, Recurrent acute liver failure, Skeletal dysplasia
Citation
Shanmugam Joseph J, Shanmugam Naresh, Rela Mohamed. Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome- Endocrinopathy with Recurrent Acute Liver Failure. Indian Pediatrics. 2019 Dec; 56(12): 1055-1056