Cushing's syndrome with mediastinal lipomatosis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1117-1118

  Dutta, Pinaki ^a   Bhansali, Anil ^a   Reddy KS, Somashekara ^a   Masoodi, Shariq R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NOTE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4544381705     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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