The cortisol awakening response is blunted in patients with active Cushing's disease

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 657-664

  Roa, Silvia Liliana Ruiz ^a   Elias, Paula Conde Lamparelli ^a   Castro, Margaret ^a   Moreira, Ayrton Custodio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 84877130060     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-12-0982     Document Type: Article

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