Cushing's syndrome associated with adenocarcinoma of the lung

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 831-833

  Yoh, Kiyotaka ^a   Kubota, Kaoru ^a   Nomura, Masanobu ^a   Niho, Seiji ^a   Goto, Koichi ^a   Ohmatsu, Hironobu ^a   Kakinuma, Ryutaro ^a   Nishiwaki, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic adrenocorticotropin; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOTROPIN; GEMCITABINE; METYRAPONE; NAVELBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR;

EID: 0141927409     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.831     Document Type: Article

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