Ectopic ACTH syndrome in children and adolescents

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1213-1222

  More, Julie ^a   Young, Jacques ^b   Reznik, Yves ^c   Raverot, Gérald ^d   Borson Chazot, Françoise ^d   Rohmer, Vincent ^e   Baudin, Eric ^f   Coutant, Régis ^e   Tabarin, Antoine ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^e ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CABERGOLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; KETOCONAZOLE; METYRAPONE; MITOTANE; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CARCINOMA;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ACTH-SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY GLAND; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79955648318     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2276     Document Type: Article

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