The case is reported of a 43-year-old patient with a peripherally located bronchial carcinoid tumor containing large amounts of immunoreactive and bioactive growth-hormone releasing hormone (GHRH). Because no GHRH was found in the peripheral circulation, there was no quantitative or qualitative dera
Adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing thymic carcinoid in a teenager
โ Scribed by Lou Ann Gartner; Mary L. Voorhess
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 584 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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