Aberrant cortisol regulations in bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: A frequent finding in a prospective study of 32 patients with overt or subclinical Cushing's syndrome

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-138

  Libé, Rossella ^a,d   Coste, Joël ^b,c   Guignat, Laurence ^c   Tissier, Frédérique ^a,b,c   Lefebvre, Hervé ^e   Barrande, Gaëlle ^f   Ajzenberg, Christiane ^g   Tauveron, Igor ^h   Clauser, Eric ^b,c   Dousset, Bertrand ^b,c   Bertagna, Xavier ^a,b,c,d   Bertherat, Jérôme ^a,b,c   Groussin, Lionel ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c université Paris Cité   (France)

^d INCa Comete Network ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

^g HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCAGON; GLYPRESSINE; GONADORELIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OCTREOTIDE; PROTIRELIN; TERLIPRESSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOSTATIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954115565     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0195     Document Type: Article

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