Pre-clinical Cushing's syndrome: An unexpected frequent cause of poor glycaemic control in obese diabetic patients

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 717-722

  Leibowitz, Gil ^a   Tsur, Anat ^a   Chayen, Susan D ^a   Salameh, Mohammad ^a   Raz, Itamar ^a   Cerasi, Erol ^a   Gross, David J ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029931563     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.737558.x     Document Type: Article

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