Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 4-10 , January 2007

Assessment of Bilateral Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling (BIPSS) in the Diagnosis of Cushing's Disease

  • Liang-Yu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Michael Mu-Huo Teng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chun-I Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Ya Ma

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tao-Yuan Veterans Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kang-Ling Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Tao-Yuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hong-Da Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Justin G.S. Won

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Justin G.S. Won, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 8 June 2006 ,Revised 17 November 2006

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70293-X

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70293-X

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 4-10 , January 2007

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