Overnight urinary free cortisol determination: A screening test for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 503-508

  Corcuff, Jean Benoît ^a   Tabarin, Antoine ^a,b   Rashedi, Michel ^a   Duclos, Martine ^a   Roger, Patrick ^a   Ducassou, Dominique ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service d'Endocrinologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031836281     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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