Assessment of bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS) in the diagnosis of Cushing's disease

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-10

  Lin, Liang Yu ^a   Teng, Michael Mu Huo ^a,b   Huang, Chun I ^a,b   Ma, Wen Ya ^c   Wang, Kang Ling ^d   Lin, Hong Da ^a,b   Won, Justin G S ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d Tao Yuan Armed Forces General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cushing's disease; Inferior petrosal sinus sampling

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPERIENCE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 33846868348     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70293-X     Document Type: Article

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