Cushing's syndrome and big igf-ii associated hypoglycaemia in a patient with adrenocortical carcinoma

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ishikura, Kazuhide ^a   Takamura, Toshinari ^a   Takeshita, Yumie ^b   Nakagawa, Atsushi ^b   Imaizumi, Noriko ^b   Misu, Hirofumi ^a   Taji, Komei ^a   Kasahara, Kazuo ^a   Oshinoya, Yukinosuke ^c   Suzuki, Shioto ^a   Ooi, Akishi ^a   Kaneko, Shuichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Public Central Hospital of Matto Ishikawa   (Japan)

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EID: 84872084408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2009.2100     Document Type: Article

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