Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Secreting Pheochromocytoma

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-406

  Sato, Miki ^a   Watanabe, Takayuki ^a   Ashikaga, Takashi ^a   Taneda, Tsutomu ^a   Yamawake, Noriyoshi ^a   Nishizaki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Arimura, Akihiko ^a   Azegami, Nobuhisa ^a   Arita, Masataka ^a   Fukuoka, Hiroshi ^a   Kitamura, Hajime ^a  

^a Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland neoplasm; Adrenalectomy; Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SECRETION;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032039786     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.403     Document Type: Article

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