Brief report: Reevaluation of the combined dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone test for differentiation of mild cushing's disease from pseudo-Cushing's syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4290-4293

  Gatta, Blandine ^a   Chabre, Olivier ^b   Cortet, Christine ^c   Martinie, Monique ^b   Corcuff, Jean Benoît ^a   Roger, Patrick ^a   Tabarin, Antoine ^a,d  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HIRSUTISM; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; URINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 35948964414     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2829     Document Type: Article

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