Is subclinical Cushing's syndrome an entity or a statistical fallout from diagnostic testing? Consensus surrounding the diagnosis is required before optimal treatment can be defined

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2618-2620

  Stewart, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADRENALECTOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADRENAL TUMOR; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CONSENSUS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954464353     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0633     Document Type: Editorial

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