Subclinical Cushing's syndrome in adrenal incidentaloma: A common problem or an artefact of current diagnostic testing?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-278

  Gagliardi, Lucia ^a,b   Torpy, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 74549213609     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2009.03616.x     Document Type: Letter

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