High prevalence of autonomous cortisol and aldosterone secretion from adrenal adenomas

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 772-778

  Piaditis, Georgios P ^a   Kaltsas, Gregory A ^b   Androulakis, Ioannis I ^a   Gouli, Aggeliki ^a   Makras, Polyzois ^a   Papadogias, Dimitrios ^a   Dimitriou, Konstantina ^a   Ragkou, Despina ^a   Markou, Athina ^a   Vamvakidis, Kyriakos ^a   Zografos, Georgios ^a   Chrousos, Georgios ^b  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTH SECRETING ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 70449427859     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03551.x     Document Type: Article

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