Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 698-704 , October 2007

Management of ACTH-secreting supradiaphragmatic adenomas

  • Phong Dam-Hieu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bretagne occidentale, Faculty of Medicine, F 29609 Brest, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center, Bd Tanguy-Prigent, F29609 Brest France. Tel.: +33 298 347 689; fax: +33 298 342 337.
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  • Bernard Irthum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Auvergne, Faculty of Medicine, F 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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  • Romuald Seizeur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bretagne occidentale, Faculty of Medicine, F 29609 Brest, France
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  • Nathalie Roudaut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, University of Bretagne occidentale, Faculty of Medicine, F 29609 Brest, France
    • ,
  • Gérard Besson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bretagne occidentale, Faculty of Medicine, F 29609 Brest, France

Received 4 February 2007 ,Revised 13 April 2007 ,Accepted 19 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.04.009

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 698-704 , October 2007

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