Clinical and endocrine responses to pituitary radiotherapy in pediatric Cushing's disease: An effective second-line treatment

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-37

  Storr, Helen L ^a   Nicholas Plowman, P ^a   Carroll, Paul V ^a   François, Inge ^b   Krassas, Gerasimos E ^c   Afshar, Farhad ^a   Michael Besser, G ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^a   Savage, Martin O ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Pagania Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; GLUCAGON; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; KETOCONAZOLE; METYRAPONE; MITOTANE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; CHILD; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345575654     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021032     Document Type: Article

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