Intraoperative Adrenocorticotropin Levels during Transsphenoidal Surgery for Cushing's Disease Do Not Predict Cure

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1776-1779

  Graham, Kathryn E ^a   Samuels, Mary H ^a   Raff, Hershel ^b,c   Barnwell, Stanley L ^d   Cook, David M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031158841     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.6.4005     Document Type: Article

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