Preclinical cushing’s syndrome in adrenal “incidentalomas”: Comparison with adrenal cushing’s syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 826-832

  Reincke, Martin ^a   Nieke, Joachim ^a   Krestin, Gabriel P ^a   Saeger, Wolfgang ^a,b   Allolio, Bruno ^a   Winkelmann, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0026726948     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.75.3.1517373     Document Type: Article

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