A comparison of the overnight and the standard metyrapone test for the differential diagnosis of adrenocorticotropin-dependent Cushing's syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-491

  Avgerinos, Peter C ^a,c   Nieman, Lynette K ^a   Oldfield, Edward H ^b   Cutler Jr , Gordon B ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTODOXONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; METYRAPONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029822731     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.8170827.x     Document Type: Article

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