Cushing's syndrome due to bilateral adrenocortical adenomas with unique histological features

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-162

  Nomura, Kaoru ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^a   Aiba, Motohiko ^b   Iihara, Masatoshi ^a   Obara, Takao ^a   Takano, Kazue ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Bilateral adrenocortical adenomas; Cortisol; Cushing's syndrome; PPNAD

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX ATROPHY; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASES; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037995540     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.155     Document Type: Article

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