Ectopic ACTH-secreting tumors: A heterogenous entity;SECRETION ECTOPIQUE D'ACTH; UNE ENTITE HETEROGENE

Presse Medicale

Volumn 26, Issue 28, 1997, Pages 1330-1333

  Ankotche, A ^a   Raffin Sanson, M L ^a   Mosnier Pudard, H ^a   Bertagna, X ^a   Luton, J P ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; LUNG CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; BLOOD; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN;

EID: 0030804471     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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