Female pseudohermaphroditism caused by caudal dysgenesis.

We report on two cases of female pseudohermaphroditism associated with anorectal, Müllerian duct, and urinary tract malformations. We suggest that this form of female pseudohermaphroditism is an extreme manifestation of the caudal type of VATER association.

[Echocardiography studies for detection of cardiotoxic side effects of anthracycline therapy in childhood].

An anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy can already appear at a total cumulative dose of less then 550 mg/m2. Noninvasive cardiological methods have been used in order to detect these fatal side effects early. For cardiological control we applied echo-cardiography with measurements of ventricular size and left ventricular function.

[Hypertension outpatient clinic for children and adolescents. Analysis of nearly 10 years of monitoring].

314 children with hypertension living in an urban district have been transmitted to our out patient clinic. These children were discovered by regularly performed examinations of the medical youth care since 1979. We found a secondary cause of hypertension in 2.