Ectopic ACTH-Syndrome due to ovarian carcinoma

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 363-365

  Orbetzova, M ^a,b   Andreeva, M ^a   Zacharieva, S ^a   Ivanova, R ^b   Dashev, G ^b  

^a Clin Hypothalamo Hypophyseal A   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Ectopic ACTH syndrome; Ovarian carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030859632     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211780     Document Type: Article

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