Are we in danger from an epidemic of Cushing's syndrome? Nature knows its course

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 719-721

  Weaver, Jola U ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; EPIDEMIC; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HALF LIFE TIME; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; METABOLIC RATE; MORBID OBESITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; OBESITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0035657277     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01422.x     Document Type: Note

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