Periodic secretion of adrenocorticotropin in a patient with Cushing's disease manifested during pregnancy

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-292

  Miyoshi, Tomoko ^a   Otsuka, Fumio ^a   Suzuki, Jiro ^a   Inagaki, Kenichi ^a   Takeda, Masaya ^a   Kano, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamashita, Tetsuji ^a   Ogura, Toshio ^a   Date, Isao ^a   Tanaka, Yasushi ^b   Hashimoto, Kozo ^b   Makino, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH); Big ACTH; Cyclical Cushing's syndrome; Gel filtration analysis; Pituitary adenoma; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC;

EID: 22344446005     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.287     Document Type: Article

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