Preclinical Cushing's syndrome in patients with an adrenal incidentaloma

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 111-115

  Tjan Heijnen, V C G ^a   Hermus, A R M M ^a   Kemink, S A G ^a   Mudde, A H ^b   Pieters, G F F M ^a   Smals, A G H ^a   Kloppenborg, P W C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SLINGELAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; Dexamethasone; Preclinical Cushing's syndrome

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

EID: 0032033708     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(97)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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