Low basal Androstenedione levels plus augmented 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and low dehyroepiandrosterone sulfate responses to adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation in patients with adrenal incidentaloma

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 448-453

  Ozgen A G ^a   Bayraktar, F ^a   Yilmaz, C ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME DEFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOTUMOR; STEROID METABOLISM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0035203483     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/ep.7.6.448     Document Type: Article

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