Excessive testosterone production in a patient with nelson syndrome and bilateral testicular tumors

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 200-203

  Shekarriz, M ^a   Schneider, C ^b   Sabanegh, E ^a   Kempter, F ^a   Waldherr, Z ^b  

^a Departments of Urology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal rest; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Leydig cell tumor; Magnet resonance imaging; Nelson syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NELSON SYNDROME; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TUMOR;

EID: 0029947370     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282841     Document Type: Article

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