Adrenalectomy for treatment of Cushing syndrome: Results in 122 patients and long-term follow-up studies

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 781-787

  Imai, Tsuneo ^a   Funahashi, Hiroomi ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Tobinaga, Junichi ^a   Wada, Masaki ^a   Morita Matsuyama, Takako ^a   Ohiso, Yutaka ^a   Takagi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NELSON SYNDROME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASES; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NELSON SYNDROME; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029829258     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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