Autonomy of cortisol secretion in clinically silent adrenal incidentaloma

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 444-450

  Tanabe, A ^a   Naruse, M ^a   Nishikawa, T ^a   Yoshimoto, T ^a   Shimizu, T ^a   Seki, T ^a   Takagi, S ^a   Imaki, T ^a   Takano, K ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Cortisol; Cushing's syndrome; Non functioning adrenal adenoma; Preclinical cushing's syndrome

Indexed keywords

6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034895816     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-16234     Document Type: Article

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