Metyrapone pre-treated inferior petrosal sinus sampling in the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 607-618

  Cuneo, Ross C ^a,b   Lee, Winnifred ^b   Harper, John ^b   Mitchell, Ken ^b   Ward, Greg ^b   Leigh Atkinson, R ^b   Salkield, Ian ^b   Cameron, Donald P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030752999     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.1971007.x     Document Type: Article

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