Subclinical Cushing's syndrome in patients with adrenal incidentaloma: Clinical and biochemical features

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1440-1448

  Rossi, R ^a,b   Tauchmanova, L ^a   Luciano, A ^a   Di Martino, M ^a   Battista, C ^a   Del Viscovo, L ^a   Nuzzo, V ^a   Lombardi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGENS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034456839     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.4.1440     Document Type: Article

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