Subclinical Cushing's syndrome

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 497-505

  De Leo, Monica ^a   Cozzolino, Alessia ^a   Colao, Annamaria ^a   Pivonello, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

adrenal incidentaloma; adrenalectomy; insulin resistance syndrome; subclinical Cushing's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENTALOMA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBCLINICAL CUSHING SYNDROME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 84864774826     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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