Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism in Endogenous Hypercortisolism: Shared Features with Metabolic Syndrome X and NIDDM

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 645-655

  Friedman, Theodore C ^a,b,c   Mastorakos, George ^b   Newman, Thelma D ^b   Mullen, Nancy M ^b   Horton, Ellen G ^b   Costello, Rene ^a   Papadopoulos, Nicholas M ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cushing's; Diabetes; Insulin; Lp(a); Syndrome X

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATES; CHOLESTEROL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0030342776     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.43.645     Document Type: Article

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