Irregular and frequent cortisol secretory episodes with preserved diurnal rhythmicity in primary adrenal cushing's syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1570-1577

  Van Aken, M O ^a   Pereira, A M ^a   Van Thiel, S W ^a   Van Den Berg, G ^a   Frolich M ^a   Veldhuis, J D ^b   Romijn, J A ^a   Roelfsema, F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENTROPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 15944363454     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1281     Document Type: Article

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