ACTH-lndependent bilateral macronodular adrenocortical hyperplasia caused cushing’s syndrome

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-262

  Miyajima, Akira ^a   Nakashima, Jun ^a   Tachibana, Masaaki ^a   Baba, Shiro ^a   Nakamura, Kaoru ^a   Murai, Masaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH independent bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia; Cushing s syndrome; Pituitary independent adrenal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030860809     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282999     Document Type: Article

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