Cyclical cushing syndrome presenting in infancy: An early form of primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease, or a new entity?

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3173-3182

  Gunther, Daniel F ^a,f   Bourdeau, Isabelle ^b   Matyakhina, Ludmila ^b   Cassarino, David ^c   Kleiner, David E ^c   Griffin, Kurt ^b   Courkoutsakis, Nickolas ^b   Abu Asab, Mones ^d   Tsokos, Maria ^d   Keil, Meg ^b   Aidan Carney, J ^e   Stratakis, Constantine A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PIGMENTED NODULAR ADRENOCORTICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PERIODICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242663165     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-032247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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