amhsr-open access medicla research journals

Ian Louis Ross

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Publications

  • Case Reports   
    Topical Steroids Inducing Cushing???s Syndrome and Subsequent Adrenal Axis Suppression
    Author(s): Innocent E Francis, Khalid Seedahmed, Nonhlanhla Khumalo and Ian Louis Ross*

    We present the case of 19-year-old migrant woman presented to our teaching hospital with features of Cushing’s syndrome. While she gave no history of oral steroid use, she had used creams from an informal market to improve her appearance. She used these creams for several years, but had stopped these a month prior to presentation. She was amenorrhoeic and had difficulty falling pregnant for several years and biochemistry confirmed that she had inadequate cortisol reserve, indicative of hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis suppression. We examine the risk factors for development of Cushing’s syndrome along with describing the available literature on hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis suppression in this setting. Despite the controls and legislature, illegal sale of these creams, with origins in Europe, India and USA is ongoing. We call upon improved law enforcement to preve.. Read More»

Select your language of interest to view the total content in your interested language


Awards Nomination
20+ Million Readerbase
Abstracted/Indexed in

  • Include Baidu Scholar
  • CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure)
  • EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases
  • Exlibris – Primo Central
  • Google Scholar
  • Hinari
  • Infotrieve
  • National Science Library
  • ProQuest
  • TdNet
  • African Index Medicus
Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research The Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research is a bi-monthly multidisciplinary medical journal.
Submit your Manuscript