@article{ba9b96fb552f455693d3faece2875389,
title = "Apparent cure of Cushing's disease by bilateral adrenalectomy and autotransplantation",
abstract = "A fifteen year old boy with typical features of childhood Cushing's disease due to adrenal hyperplasia was treated by bilateral adrenalectomy and transplantation of one half of an adrenal gland to the thigh. The autotransplant has functioned well, and the patient appears to be completely cured of all physical and laboratory features of the disease while receiving no hormonal replacement therapy.",
author = "Kaplan, {Norman M} and Shires, {G. Tom}",
note = "Funding Information: From the Departments of Medicine and Surgery, University of Texas (Southwestern) Medical School at Dallas, Dallas, Texas. This study was supported by U.S. Public Health Service Research Grant HE 11639-04. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Norman M. Kaplan, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas (Southwestern) Medical School at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75235. Manuscript received July 30, 1970.",
year = "1972",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/0002-9343(72)90183-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "53",
pages = "377--380",
journal = "The American Journal of Medicine",
issn = "0002-9343",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "3",
}