Cushing's syndrome due to ectopic corticotropin secretion: Twenty years' experience at the National Institutes of Health

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4955-4962

  Ilias, Ioannis ^a   Torpy, David J ^a,e   Pacak, Karel ^a   Mullen, Nancy ^b   Wesley, Robert A ^c   Nieman, Lynnette K ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Clinical Research Center   (United States)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARCINOID; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEATH; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GASTRINOMA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; IMAGING; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHILD; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844508434     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-2527     Document Type: Article

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