Increased prevalence of anxiety-associated personality traits in patients with cushing's disease: A cross-sectional study

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Dimopoulou, C ^a,d   Ising, M ^b   Pfister, H ^b   Schopohl, J ^c   Stalla, G K ^a   Sievers, C ^a  

^a Department of Endocrinology ^*  (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cushing's disease; Non functioning pituitary adenomas; Personality

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLONINGER PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXCITABILITY; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; NEUROSIS; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PESSIMISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ADENOMA; ADULT; ASTHENIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEAR; FEMALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROADENOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT WORRY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84876281437     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338408     Document Type: Article

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