Nighttime salivary cortisol: A useful test for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4515-4521

  Papanicolaou, Dimitris A ^a   Mullen, Nancy ^a   Kyrou, Ioannis ^b   Nieman, Lynnette K ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NIGHT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SALIVA LEVEL; SCREENING; URINARY EXCRETION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036776244     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020534     Document Type: Article

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