Meningioma presenting with Cushing's syndrome: An unusual clinical presentation

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 138-142

  Pecori Giraldi, Francesca ^a,c   Terreni, Maria Rosa ^b   Andreotti, Claudia ^b   Losa, Marco ^b   Lanzi, Roberto ^b   Pontiroli, Antonio E ^a   Cavagnini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOASSAY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGIOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SECRETORY VESICLES;

EID: 0037234269     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10454     Document Type: Article

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