Scintigraphic diagnosis of subclinical Cushing's syndrome in patients with adrenal incidentalomas

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-32

  Dominguez Gadea, L ^a,b   Diez, L ^a   Piedrola Maroto, G ^a   Crespo, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 METHYLSELENOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL SE 75; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SELENIUM 75; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0029877128     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199601000-00006     Document Type: Article

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