Greater disorderliness of ACTH and cortisol release accompanies pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 394-400

  Van Den Berg, Gerrit ^a   Pincus, Steven M ^b   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c   Frölich, Marijke ^a   Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Univ of Virginia Hlth Sci Center ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030976885     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1360394     Document Type: Article

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