Undetectable urinary free cortisol concentrations in a case of Cushing's disease

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-151

  Issa, B G ^a   Page, M D ^c   Read, G ^b   John, R ^b   Douglas Jones, A ^b   Scanlon, M F ^a,b  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c East Glamorgan Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN[4-10]; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CUSHING DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ERRATUM; ERROR;

CREATININE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SALIVA;

EID: 0032892869     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1400148     Document Type: Article

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