Impaired quality of life in patients in long-term remission of Cushing's syndrome of both adrenal and pituitary origin: A remaining effect of long-standing hypercortisolism?

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 687-695

  Wagenmakers, M A E M ^a   Netea Maier, R T ^a   Prins, J B ^a   Dekkers, T ^a   Den Heijer, M ^a,b   Hermus, A R M M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; ESTROGEN; FLUDROCORTISONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPEARANCE SELF ESTEEM SCALE; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST INDIVIDUAL STRENGTH QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE FAILURES QUESTIONNAIRE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NELSON SYNDROME; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAND 36; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PITUITARY GLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867514337     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-12-0308     Document Type: Article

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