Renal carcinoma presenting with adrenocortical insufficiency due to a pituitary metastasis

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 542-544

  Beckett, D J ^a,b   Gama, R ^a   Wright, J ^a,b   Ferns, G A A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperpituitarism

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROTIRELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LETHARGY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0031822097     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329803500410     Document Type: Article

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