Hyper-adrenocorticotropinemia in a patient with Addison's disease after treatment with corticosteroids

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 555-559

  Sugiyama, Kazuhiko ^a   Kimura, Mamoru ^a   Abe, Takashi ^a   Ikezawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Manaka, Hideo ^a   Yamatani, Keiichi ^a   Tominaga, Makoto ^a   Sasaki, Hideo ^a   Misawa, Tatsuo ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sagae City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

adrenal tuberculosis; pituitary adenoma; pituitary hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029743544     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.555     Document Type: Article

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