Performance of salivary cortisol in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome, adrenal incidentaloma, and adrenal insufficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-36

  Ceccato, Filippo ^a   Barbot, Mattia ^a   Zilio, Marialuisa ^a   Ferasin, Sergio ^a   Occhi, Gianluca ^a   Daniele, Andrea ^a   Mazzocut, Sara ^a   Iacobone, Maurizio ^b   Betterle, Corrado ^a   Mantero, Franco ^a   Scaroni, Carla ^a  

^a Institute of Semeiotica Medica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879907152     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-13-0159     Document Type: Article

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