Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Congenital Absence of the Portal Vein in a Child Receiving Growth Hormone Therapy for Turner Syndrome
Morotti R, Killackey M, Shneider B, Repucci A, Emre S, Thung S. Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Congenital Absence of the Portal Vein in a Child Receiving Growth Hormone Therapy for Turner Syndrome. Seminars In Liver Disease 2007, 27: 427-431. PMID: 17979078, DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal nodular hyperplasiaTurner syndrome patientsPortal veinNodular hyperplasiaSyndrome patientsHepatocellular carcinomaTurner syndromeGrowth hormone therapyRecombinant human growth hormoneHuman growth hormoneLiver transplantHormone therapyYounger patientsHepatic adenomaVascular anomaliesRelative riskCongenital absenceLiver lesionsGrowth hormonePatientsSyndromeCarcinomaHyperplasiaVeinTransplant