The corticotropin-releasing hormone test in the diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome: A reappraisal

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 601-607

  Giraldi, Francesca Pecori ^a   Invitti, Cecilia ^a   Cavagnini, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035726379     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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