Salivary cortisol determination in the diagnosis of pediatric Cushing's disease;Determinación de cortisol salival en el diagnóstico de la enfermedad de Cushing pediátrico

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-272

  Lopez Mondejar P ^a   Fuentes, M A ^a   Mauri, M ^b   Mora, A ^a   Perez Soto M ^a   Vargas, F ^a   Martin Hidalgo A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cushing's syndrome; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; SALIVA LEVEL;

EID: 33645811527     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13085516     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Orth DN. Cushing's syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1995;332:791-803.
2. Boscaro M, Barzon L, Fallo F, Sonino N. Cushing's syndrome. Lancet. 2001;357:783-7.
3. Bertagna X, Raux-Demay MC, Giulhaume B, Girard F, Luton JP. Adrenal incidentalomas. Curr Opin Oncol. 2002;14:58-63.
4. Newell-Price J, Trainer P, Besser GM, Grossman AB. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome and pseudo-Cushing's states. Endocr Rev. 1998;19:647-72.
5. Lacroix A, Ndiaye N, Tremblay J, Hamet P. Ectopic and abnormal hormone receptors in adrenal Cushing's syndrome. Endocr Rev. 2001;22:75-110.
6. Atkinson AB, Carson DJ, Madden DR, Kennedy AL, Weaver JA, Sheridan B. Five cases of cyclical Cushing's syndrome. BMJ. 1985;29:1453-7.
7. Boscaro M, Barzon L, Sonino N. The diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome: Atypical presentations and laboratory shortcomings. Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:3045-53.
8. Kaye TB, Crapo L. The Gushing syndrome: An update on diagnostic tests. Ann Intern Med. 1990;112:434-44.
9. Turpeinen U, Markkanen H, Valimaki M, Stenman UH. Determination of urinary free Cortisol by HPLC. Clin Chem. 1997;43:1386-91.
10. Findling JW, Raff H. Newer diagnostic techniques and problems in Cushing's disease. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1999;28:191-210.
11. Wood PJ, Barth JH, Freedman DB, Perry L, Sheridan B. Evidence for the low dose dexamethasone suppression test to screen for Cushing's syndrome-recommendations for a protocol for biochemistry laboratories. Ann Clin Biochem. 1997;34:222-9.
12. Papanicolaou DA, Mullen N, Kyrou I, Nieman LK. Nighttime salivary cortisol: A useful test for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002;87:4515-21.
13. Raff H, Raff JL, Findling JW. Late-night salivary cortisol as a screening test for Cushing's syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998;83:2681-6.
14. Newell-Price JDC, Trainer PJ, Perry LA, Wass JAH, Grossman AB, Besser GMA. Single sleeping midnight cortisol has 100% sensitivity for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome. Clin Endocrinol. 1995;43:545-50.
15. Papanicolaou DA, Yanovski JA, Cutler GB Jr, Chrousos GP, Nieman LK. A single midnight serum cortisol measurement distinguishes Cushing's syndrome from pseudo-Gushing states. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998;83:1163-7.