PRKACA mutations in cortisol-producing adenomas and adrenal hyperplasia: A single-center study of 60 cases

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 677-685

  Thiel, Anne ^a   Reis, Anna Carinna ^a,b   Haase, Matthias ^a   Goh, Gerald ^c,d   Schott, Matthias ^a   Willenberg, Holger S ^a,e   Scholl, Ute I ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; BETA CATENIN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT; PRKACA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTNNB1 GENE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GNAS GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; KCNJ5 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKACA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; BETA CATENIN; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE CATALYTIC SUBUNITS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84930581732     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-14-1113     Document Type: Article

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