Unusual endocrine presentations of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1967-1972

  Tan, Kathryn C B ^a,b   Nicholls, John ^a   Kung, Annie W C ^a   Leong, Lilian ^a   Lam, Karen S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bone metastases; ectopic ACTH syndrome; Epstein Barr virus; nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BONE NEOPLASMS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEITIS DEFORMANS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS;

EID: 0029880192     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960515)77:10<1967::AID-CNCR1>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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