Bilateral sampling of the internal jugular vein to distinguish between mechanisms of adrenocorticotropic hormone-dependent Cushing syndrome

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

  Doppman, John L ^a   Oldfield, Edward H ^b   Nieman, Lynnette K ^c  

^a Diagnostic Radiology Department   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031985502     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-1-199801010-00006     Document Type: Article

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