Cushing syndrome due to surreptitious glucocorticoid administration

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-296

  Quddusi, Shaista ^a   Browne, Patrick ^a   Toivola, Bert ^a   Hirsch, Irl B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMIGRANT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

ASTHMA; BETAMETHASONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0032498587     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.3.294     Document Type: Article

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