Partial remission of Cushing disease after pituitary apoplexy. Report of one case;Remisión parcial del hipercortisolismo en una enfermedad de Cushing posterior a una apoplejía hipofisiaria. Caso clínico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1497-1501

  Araya, Veronica Q ^a   Solís, Iván O ^a,b   Lemp, Melchor M ^a   Oviedo, Sofía G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Medico Prog Capacitacion E

Author keywords

Gushing syndrome; Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary function tests; Pituitary adrenal systems

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN[1 DEAMINO]; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; SECRETION;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PITUITARY APOPLEXY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 11644312854     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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