Differential diagnosis and management of Cushing's syndrome

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue , 1996, Pages 443-461

  Tsigos, Constantine ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Corticotropin releasing factor; Glucocorticoids; Hypercortisolism; Pseudo Cushing

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; METYRAPONE; MIFEPRISTONE; MITOTANE;

ACNE; ADRENALECTOMY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE;

EID: 0029870709     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.47.1.443     Document Type: Review

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