The corticotrophin-releasing hormone test is the most reliable noninvasive method to differentiate pituitary from ectopic ACTH secretion in Cushing's syndrome

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 718-724

  Reimondo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Paccotti, Piero ^a   Minetto, Marco ^a   Termine, Angela ^a   Stura, Guido ^a   Bergui, Mauro ^a   Angeli, Alberto ^a   Terzolo, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0038470003     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01776.x     Document Type: Review

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