Plasma levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the inferior petrosal sinuses of healthy volunteers, patients with Cushing's syndrome, and patients with pseudo-Cushing states

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1485-1488

  Yanovski, Jack A ^a,b,f   Nieman, Lynnette K ^b   Doppman, John L ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b   Wilder, Ronald L ^d   Gold, Philip W ^c   Kalogeras, Konstantine T ^c,e  

^a Warren Grant Magnuson Clin Center

^b NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDAZOLAM; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031723720     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.5.1485     Document Type: Article

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