A rare case of familial Cushing's syndrome with a common presentation of weight gain due to a mutation of the PRKAR1A gene causing isolated primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 1005-1009

  Poukoulidou, Thekla ^a   Maiter, Dominique ^b   Bertherat, Jerome ^c   Beauloye, Veronique ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Carney complex (CC); cushing; primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE REGULATORY SUBUNIT IALPHA; PRKAR1A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIMARY PIGMENTED NODULAR ADRENOCORTICAL DISEASE; PRKAR1A GENE; WEIGHT GAIN; GENETICS; MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASES; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE RIALPHA SUBUNIT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84906983861     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0018     Document Type: Article

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