Characteristics of recovery of adrenocortical function after treatment for Cushing's syndrome due to pituitary or adrenal adenomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 394-399

  Klose, Marianne ^a   Jørgensen, Karsten ^a   Kristensen, Lars Østergaard ^a,b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4744343700     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02111.x     Document Type: Article

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