Oestrogen producing adrenocortical adenoma: Clinical, biochemical and immunohistochemical studies

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 643-648

  Goto, Toshikazu ^a   Murakami, Osamu ^b   Sato, Fumitoshi ^b   Haraguchi, Masaomi ^a   Yokoyama, Koichi ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^b  

^a Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029796531     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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