Cushing's disease masking coincidental steroid-responsive diseases

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 879, 1999, Pages 43-45

  Rehman, H U ^a   Walton, C ^a   Atkin, S ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Cushing's disease; Retinal vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METYRAPONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROLACTIN; STEROID; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RETINA VASCULITIS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

EID: 0032906324     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.879.43     Document Type: Article

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