Corticotrophin-releasing hormone and desmopressin tests in the differential diagnosis between Cushing's disease and pseudo-Cushing state: A comparative study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 666-672

  Tirabassi, Giacomo ^a   Papa, Roberta ^b   Faloia, Emanuela ^a   Boscaro, Marco ^a   Arnaldi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DESMOPRESSIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE TEST; CUSHING DISEASE; DESMOPRESSIN TEST; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO CUSHING STATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION;

EID: 80054771979     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04096.x     Document Type: Article

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