Management of Nelson's syndrome: Observations in fifteen patients

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-52

  Kemink, S A G ^a   Grotenhuis, J A ^a   De Vries, J ^a   Pieters, G F F M ^a   Hermus, A R M M ^a   Smals, A G H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYPROHEPTADINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; OCTREOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NELSON SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NELSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035131329     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01187.x     Document Type: Article

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