Correlation between impairment of glucocorticoid feedback and the size of the pituitary gland in dogs with pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 387-394

  Kooistra, H S ^a   Voorhout, G ^a   Mol, J A ^a   Rijnberk, A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOG; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031058005     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1520387     Document Type: Article

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