Rapid decrease in adrenal responsiveness to ACTH stimulation after successful pituitary surgery in patients with Cushing's disease

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 602-607

  Alwani, R A ^a   De Herder, W W ^a   De Jong, F H ^a   Lamberts, S W J ^a   Van Der Lely, A J ^a   Feelders, R A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054720814     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04130.x     Document Type: Article

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