The ectopic ACTH syndrome

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-126

  Alexandraki, Krystallenia I ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH ectopic syndrome; Carcinoids; Cushing's syndrome; Ectopic Cushing's syndrome; Hypercortisolaemia; Neuroendocrine tumours; Small cell lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOXORUBICIN; ETOMIDATE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; INTERFERON; IODINE 131; STREPTOZOCIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGING; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOPATHY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ANIMALS; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 78049323021     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-010-9139-z     Document Type: Review

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