Apparently complete restoration of normal daily adrenocorticotropin, cortisol, growth hormone, and prolactin secretory dynamics in adults with Cushing's disease after clinically successful transsphenoidal adenomectomy

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4039-4046

  Veldman, Ronald Groote ^a   Frölich, Marijke ^a   Pincus, Steve M ^d   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b,c   Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REMISSION;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034525603     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.11.4039     Document Type: Article

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