A patient with preclinical Cushing's syndrome and excessive DHEA-S secretion having unilateral adrenal carcinoma and contralateral adenoma

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-66

  Midorikawa, Sanae ^a   Hashimoto, Shigeatsu ^a   Kuriki, Minoru ^a   Katoh, Ken ^a   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Nishikawa, Tetsuo ^c  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenocortical carcinoma; DHEA S; Preclinical Cushing's syndrome; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MALE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0032896114     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.59     Document Type: Article

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