Waiting for change: Symptom resolution after adrenalectomy for Cushing's syndrome

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1054-1061

  Sippel, Rebecca S ^a,b   Elaraj, Dina M ^b   Kebebew, Electron ^b   Lindsay, Sheila ^b   Tyrrell, J Blake ^c   Duh, Quan Yang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56449130083     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.08.024     Document Type: Article

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