Corticotropin releasing hormone administration increases alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone levels in the inferior petrosal sinuses in a subset of patients with cushing’s disease

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-32

  Colao, Annamaria ^a   Merola, Bartolomeo ^a   Di Sarno, Antonella ^a   Ferone, Diego ^a   Marzullo, Paolo ^a   Cerbone, Gaetana ^a   Tripodi, Francesca S ^a   Boudouresque, Françoise ^b   Oliver, Charles ^b   Lombardi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; CRH test; Cushing s disease; Inferior petrosal sinuses; Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALPHA-MSH; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROSAL SINUS SAMPLING; PROLACTIN;

EID: 9544254854     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000184972     Document Type: Article

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