Paradoxical response to dexamethasone in the diagnosis of primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 585-591

  Stratakis, Constantine A ^a   Sarlis, Nicholas ^a   Kirschner, Lawrence S ^a   Carney, J Aidan ^b   Doppman, John L ^c   Nieman, Lynnette K ^a   Chrousos, George P ^a   Papanicolaou, Dimitris A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARNEY COMPLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032697639     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-8-199910190-00006     Document Type: Article

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