Acromegaly and Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic production of GHRH and ACTH by a thymic carcinoid tumour: In vitro responses to GHRH and GHRP-6

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-250

  Jansson, J O ^a   Svensson, J ^a   Bengtsson, B A ^a   Frohman, L A ^c   Ahlman, H ^a   Wangberg B ^a   Nilsson, O ^a   Nilsson, M ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Dept of Anatomy and Cell Biology ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS CANCER;

EID: 0031936860     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.3471213.x     Document Type: Article

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