A 'smart' type of Cushing's syndrome

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 779-781

  Razenberg, A J ^a   Elte, J W F ^a   Rietveld, A P ^a   van Zaanen, H C T ^a   Castro Cabezas, M ^a  

^a SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LOOSE FECES; NETHERLANDS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; URINARY EXCRETION; WEIGHT GAIN; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; URINE;

ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; SODIUM OXYBATE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 38349060774     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-07-0538     Document Type: Article

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