131I-6β-Iodomethylnorcholesterol scintigraphy: An assessment of its role in the investigation of adrenocortical incidentalomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 587-596

  Bardet, Stéphane ^a   Rohmer, Vincent ^b   Murat, Arnaud ^b   Guillemot, Christian ^b   Maréchaud, Richard ^b   Chupin, Maurice ^b   Lecomte, Pierre ^b   Simon, Dominique ^b   Delemer, Brigitte ^b   Schneebelli, Stéphane ^b   Beutter, Didier ^b   Jacquin, Vincent ^b   Peltier, Patrick ^b   Charbonnel, Bernard ^b  

^a CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL I 131; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; IODINE 131; NORCHOL 131; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOMA; ADOSTEROL; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030147494     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.720541.x     Document Type: Article

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