Results and long-term follow-up after unilateral adrenalectomy for ACTH-independent hypercortisolism in a series of fifty patients

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-332

  Iacobone, M ^a,b   Mantero, F ^a   Basso, S M ^a   Lumachi, F ^a   Favia, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Cushing's syndrome; Follow up

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CUSHING SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23444441972     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03347198     Document Type: Article

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