Subclinical Cushing's syndrome in adrenal incidentaloma

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-97

  Terzolo, M ^a,c   Osella, G ^a   Ali A ^a   Borretta, G ^b   Cesario, F ^b   Paccotti, P ^a   Angeli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031937584     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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