Spinal Volumetric Bone Mineral Density and Vertebral Fractures in Female Patients with Adrenal Incidentalomas: The Effects of Subclinical Hypercortisolism and Gonadal Status

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2237-2241

  Chiodini, Iacopo ^a,b   Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a   Battista, Claudia ^a   Carnevale, Vincenzo ^a   Torlontano, Massimo ^a   Cammisa, Mario ^a   Trischitta, Vincenzo ^c   Scillitani, Alfredo ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VOLUMETRY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PREVALENCE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 2442455407     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-031413     Document Type: Article

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