The application of the combined corticotropin-releasing hormone plus desmopressin stimulation during petrosal sinus sampling is both sensitive and specific in differentiating patients with Cushing's disease from patients with the occult ectopic adrenocorticotropin syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2080-2086

  Tsagarakis, S ^a,b   Vassiliadi, D ^a   Kaskarelis, I S ^a   Komninos, J ^a   Souvatzoglou, E ^a   Thalassinos, N ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Athens' Polyclinic Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DESMOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CUSHING DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34347237298     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2691     Document Type: Article

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