Screening of Cushing's syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1277, 2008, Pages 100-102

  Falhammar, Henrik ^a,b  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; SCREENING;

COMORBIDITY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 48949101994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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