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Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease and Cushing's syndrome.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Nov 2007
Horvath Anelia, Stratakis Constantine
Abstract excerpt
Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) is a form of bilateral adrenocortical hyperplasia that is often associated with corticotrophin (ACTH)-independent Cushing's syndrome (CS) and is characterized by small to normal-sized adrenal glands containing multiple small cortical pigmented nodules (1,2). PPNAD may occur in an isolated form or associated with a multiple neoplasia syndrome, the complex of...
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