Abstract
A 5 10/12-year-old girl with clinical and laboratory signs of endogenous hypercortisolism had evidence of ACTH
Abbreviations
- (o)CRH:
-
(ovine) corticotropin-releasing hormone
- 17-OHCS:
-
17-hydroxycorticosteroids
- RIA:
-
radioimmunoassay
- tAMx:
-
transsphenoidal microadenomectomy
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Hauffa, B.P., Stolecke, H. & Schulte, H.M. Cushing disease: Successful preoperative lateralization of an ACTH-producing pituitary microadenoma by simultaneous bilateral inferior petrosal venous sinus sampling with corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation. Eur J Pediatr 145, 559–562 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02429066
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