RobertaHere are some web site (there are more on this page - click on the buttons under the banner):
- CARES Foundation, Inc.
(Congenital Adrenal hyperplasia Research, Education and Support)
P.O. Box 264
Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
973-912-3895 (CARES voicemail)
URL: www.caresfoundation.org
email: caresfoundation@home.com- Endocrine Web describes itself as the largest web site devoted to thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pancreas disorders. And one look shows why. Links to chat rooms and support groups.(but they don’t work and no information on CAH)
http://www.endocrineweb.com/ http://medhlp.netusa.net/www/nadf.htm
- National Adrenal Diseases Foundation. 510 Northern Boulevard, Great Neck, NY 11021. (516) 487-4992.
http://www.healthanswers.com/database/ami/converted/000411.html (28 May, 1998).
- Applied Medical Informatics Inc."Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia." (1997).
http://www.medhelp.org/222/nadf5.htm (28 May 1998).
- National Adrenal Diseases Foundation. "New Developments in the Treatment and Diagnosis of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia."
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/g2601/0003/2601000348/p3/article.jhtml?term=adrenal
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
These are from
www.aheatlthyme.com
- Cortef. Fact sheet on this steroid. Covers its dosage, side effects, and complications
http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/topic100588942;$sessionid$EP2K2TQAADTEXWCYSYRTEMQ
Definition Congenital adrenal hyperplasia by De Milto, Lori,. Definition; Description; Causes & symptoms Diagnosis; Treatment; Prognosis; and Preventionhttp://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/adrenalhyper
http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/adrenalvirilism;$sessionid$EBVQQOIAACAS1WCYSYTDEMQ
- Adrenal Virilism by Lampert, Richard H, ., .
Definition; Description; Causes & symptoms Diagnosis; Treatment; Prognosis; and PreventionIntersex states. Turkington, Carol A. Definition Intersex states are conditions where a newborn's sex organs (genitals) look unusual, making it impossible to identify the sex of the baby from its outward appearance.
http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100084794
The importance of newborn screening / In reply, Katz, Michael, Pediatrics, Sep 2001 Dr Hinman raises a number of important issues relating to newborn screening. He seems to agree with our call for equity and uniform quality of testing; however, he parts company with us when he argues that our demand for mandatory tests for very rare diseases is "uncritical" and not justifiable by cost-benefit considerations.
http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/bellhowell/101274737
Definition The adrenal gland scan by Davidson, Tish is a nuclear medicine evaluation of the medulla (inner tissue) of the adrenal gland. http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100085001
- Cortisol tests., Flores, Janis O.
http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100084403
http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100083868
- Plasma renin activity. Flores, Janis O.
Adrenocorticotropic hormone test., Flores, Janis O.
http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100085004
solu-cortef
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/emt/hydro.htm$2.39 a vial on line
http://www.allmed.net/catalog/showitem.php/2009