Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 164-168 , September 2007

Vasopressin-Responsive ACTH-Independent Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia Causing Cushing's Syndrome

  • Yi-Yin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung Branch, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsin-Dean Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chen-Chung Fu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jer-Chuan Li

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Du-An Wu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 13 December 2006 ,Revised 2 January 2007 ,Accepted 13 March 2007.

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PII: S1016-3190(10)60010-9

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(10)60010-9

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 164-168 , September 2007

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