Pseudohypercortisoluria: Spurious elevation of urinary cortisol due to carbamazepine

Endocrinologist

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 51-54

  Findling, James W ^a,d   Pinkstaff, Sally M ^b   Shaker, Joseph L ^a   Raff, Hershel ^a   Nelson, Jerald C ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b West Suburban Medical Center   (United States)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CUSHING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031893711     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019616-199803000-00001     Document Type: Review

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