title: Chronic illness in the adolescent.
abstract: A review of the broad range of problems facing the adolescent with chronic illness is undertaken. The issues are illustrated by the case of a young man with the McCune-Albright syndrome. This rare disorder has impacted enormously on the patient, his family and his doctors.
authors.affiliation: Royal North Short Hospital, Sydney.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000295:Adolescent Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D005359:Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011788:Quality of Life