Corticotropin-independent Cushing's syndrome in patients with bilateral adrenal masses

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 417-421

  Li, Zhenhua ^a   Zhu, Yuyan ^a   Kong, Chuize ^a   Yin, Lei ^a   Gao, Zeshou ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Gong, Daxin ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79551608259     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.09.045     Document Type: Article

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