Assessment of cure after transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-06

  McCance, David R ^a   Besser, Michael ^b   Atkinson, A Brew ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

CUSHING DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030059679     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.614436.x     Document Type: Review

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