descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Apr 2017 English Publisher:Massachusetts Medical SocietyJournal:New England Journal of Medicine, volume 376, pages 1,451-1,459 (issn: 0028-4793, eissn: 1533-4406,

Authors: James W, Findling; Lynnette, Nieman; Antoine, Tabarin;

doi: 10.1056/nejmra1505550 , 10.1056/nejmc1705984

pmid: 28704027 , 28402781 , 28700850 , 28704026 , 28704025

Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Cushing’s Syndrome

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Abstract

Only three biochemical tests — urinary free cortisol, plasma corticotropin, and plasma cortisol measurements — are needed to distinguish patients with Cushing’s syndrome from those with obesity or the metabolic syndrome.

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Keywords

Metabolic Syndrome, Diagnosis, Differential, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Hydrocortisone, Humans, Obesity, Cushing Syndrome, Dexamethasone

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