Cushing's syndrome in children and adolescents: Current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-194

  Magiakou, Alma ^a   Chrousos, G P ^b  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Cortisol; Cushing syndrome; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID; KETOCONAZOLE; METYRAPONE; MITOTANE; TRILOSTANE;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND EXAMINATION; ANAMNESIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITOTANE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036123337     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03343985     Document Type: Review

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