Cushing's syndrome secondary to ectopic ACTH secretion from metastatic breast carcinoma

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 675-678

  Wigg, Susan J ^a   Ehrlich, Allison R ^a   Fuller, Peter J ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032911702     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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