Early diagnosis of Nelson's syndrome

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-90

  Kasperlik Zaluska, Anna A ^a   Walecki, Jerzy ^a   Jeske, Woycicell ^a   Migdalska, Barbara ^a   Janik, Jadwiga ^a   Bonicki, Wieslaw ^a   Brzeziński, Jacek ^a   Makowska, Anna ^a   Brzezińska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticotropinoma; Cushing's disease; Nelson's syndrome; Pituitary MRI; Pituitary tumor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUDROCORTISONE; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HYDROCORTISONE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PENTETIC ACID;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NELSON SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCOTOMA; SECRETION; TIME;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTISONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUDROCORTISONE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NELSON SYNDROME; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCOTOMA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030155071     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736788     Document Type: Article

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