Preoperative Lateralization of ACTH-Secreting Pituitary Microadenomas by Bilateral and Simultaneous Inferior Petrosal Venous Sinus Sampling

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 100-103

  Oldfield, Edward H ^a,b   Chrousos, George P ^a,b   Schulte, Heinrich M ^a,b   Schaaf, Marcus ^a,b   McKeever, Paul E ^a,b   Krudy, Adrian G ^a,b   Cutler, Gordon B ^a,b   Loriaux, D Lynn ^a,b   Doppman, John L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; RADIOISOTOPE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INFERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0021972654     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198501103120207     Document Type: Article

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