2 Diagnosis/differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome: a review of best practice

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Newell Price, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH); Cushing's disease; Cushing's syndrome; pituitary

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; VITAMIN D; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; STOMACH CARCINOID; URINALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SALIVA; URINE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SALIVA;

EID: 73149101607     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-690X(09)70003-X     Document Type: Article

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