Cushing's disease: A comparison of pituitary corticotroph microadenomas and macroadenomas

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-159

  Selvais, Philippe ^a,b   Donckier, Julian ^b   Buysschaert, Martin ^a   Matter, Dominique ^a,c  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^c DIAB 5474 ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING DISEASE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOKALEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031912713     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380153     Document Type: Article

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