Corticosteroid-induced glaucoma attributable to an adrenocorticotropin- secreting malignant carcinoid tumor of the thymus

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-101

  Blumenthal, Eytan Z ^a   Muszkat, Mordechai ^a   Pe'Er, Jacob ^a   Ticho, Uriel ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THYMUS CANCER; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0033011079     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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