Increased diagnostic probability of subclinical Cushing's syndrome in a population sample of overweight adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1118-1127

  Caetano, Maria Silvia S ^a   Silva, Regina Do Carmo ^a   Kater, Claudio E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cushing's syndrome; Hypercortisolism; Obesity; Overweight; Subclinical Cushing's syndrome; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149082292     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302007000700015     Document Type: Article

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