The hypoplastic inferior petrosal sinus: A potential source of false- negative results in petrosal sampling for Cushing's disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 533-540

  Doppman, John L ^a,d   Chang, Richard ^a   Oldfield, Edward H ^c   Chrousos, George ^b   Stratakis, Constantine A ^b   Nieman, Lynnette K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Diagnostic Radiology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CRANIAL SINUSES; CUSHING SYNDROME; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0032977417     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.2.533     Document Type: Article

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