One transient neurological complication (sixth nerve palsy) in 166 consecutive inferior petrosal sinus samplings for the etiological diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome [4]

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3401-3402

  Lefournier, Virginie ^a   Gatta, Blandine ^b   Martinie, Monique ^a   Vasdev, Ashok ^a   Tabarin, Antoine ^b   Bessou, Pierre ^a   Berge, Jérôme ^b   Bachelot, Ivan ^a   Chabre, Olivier ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HEPARIN; IOPAMIDOL;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033305282     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.9.6011-3     Document Type: Letter

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