Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease: Reevaluation of a patient with carney complex 27 years after unilateral adrenalectomy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1274-1278

  Sarlis, Nicholas J ^b   Chrousos, George P ^a   Doppman, John L ^c   Carney, J Aidan ^d   Stratakis, Constantine A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; MYOPATHY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 0030986161     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.4.3857     Document Type: Article

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