Selective venous sampling in diagnosing ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism;Il sampling venoso selettivo nella diagnostica dell'ipercortisolismo ACTH-dipendente

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 356-361

  Martines, Valentina ^a   Mansueto, Giancarlo ^a   Tosi, Flavia ^b   Caruso, Beatrice ^b   Castello, Roberto ^b   Procacci, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACTH dependent hypercortisolism; Catheterization of the inferior petrosal sinuses; Cushing's disease; Selective venous sampling

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; PETROUS BONE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0043065575     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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