Pregnancy-dependent Cushing's syndrome in three pregnancies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 810-812

  Kasperlik Zaluska, Anna A ^a   Szczupacka, Iwona ^a   Leszczynska Bystrzanowska, Jadwiga ^a   Drus Przybyszewska, Grazyna ^a  

^a BIELANSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIHYDRALAZINE; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034022184     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb13348.x     Document Type: Article

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