Cushing's disease and pregnancy: Case report and literature review

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-299

  Yawar, Aasima ^a   Zuberi, Lubna M ^a   Haque, Ñaeemul ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW;

ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADENOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 34447577023     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.13.3.296     Document Type: Article

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