Ectopic Cushing's syndrome: Experience from a tertiary care centre

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Bhansali, Anil ^a   Walia, Rama ^a   Rana, S S ^a   Dutta, P ^a   Radotra, B D ^a   Khandelwal, N ^a   Bhadada, S K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Corticotrophin; Cushing's disease; Ectopic Cushing's syndrome; Neuroendocrine tumour

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONIC CARCINOID; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; COUGHING; CUSHING SYNDROME; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; CUTICLE ATROPHY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CARCINOID; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MORTALITY; MYOPATHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS TUMOR; SKIN APPENDAGE DISEASE; SKIN BRUISING; STRIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 65949084464     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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