The desmopressin test in the differential diagnosis between Cushing's disease and pseudo-Cushing states

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3569-3574

  Moro, Mirella ^a   Putignano, Pietro ^a   Losa, Marco ^b   Invitti, Cecilia ^a   Maraschini, Caterina ^a   Cavagnini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DESMOPRESSIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033767576     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.85.10.6862     Document Type: Article

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