The prevalence and characteristic features of cyclicity and variability in Cushing's disease

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1011-1018

  Alexandraki, Krystallenia I ^a,b   Kaltsas, Gregory A ^a,b   Isidori, Andrea M ^a   Akker, Scott A ^a   Drake, William M ^a   Chew, Shern L ^a   Monson, John P ^a   Besser, Michael G ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149115138     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0046     Document Type: Article

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