Cushing's syndrome: Adrenalectomy and long-term results

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 363-370

  Meyer, Andreas ^a   Behrend, Matthias ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Deggendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Cushing; Hypercortisolism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; OBESITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16244421696     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081353     Document Type: Review

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