Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Dependent Cushing’s Syndrome: Use of an octreotide trial to distinguish between pituitary or ectopic sources

OBJECTIVES: Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) overproduction is usually due to a pituitary tumour which is often not visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, ACTH overproduction may be due to an ectopic source. This study aimed to develop a simple non-invasive technique to differentiat...

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Pubblicato in:Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
Autori principali: El-Shafie, Omayma T., Al-Saffi, Nooralddin, Al-Sajwani, Ahmed, Woodhouse, Nicholas
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318592/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685371
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