- ►annals.org [PDF] I Chiodini, ML Mascia, S Muscarella, C Battista … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Hypercortisolism is known to cause osteoporosis. ... Objective: To
evaluate the prevalence of subclinical hyper- cortisolism in participants
referred for evaluation of osteoporosis. ... Setting: Two community ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►endojournals.org [PDF] I Chiodini, M Torlontano, V Carnevale, G … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2001 - Endocrine Soc Although by definition patients with adrenal incidentalomas (AI) do not have
evident clinical syndromes, they may fre- quently suffer from subclinical
hypercortisolism (SH). This is of some importance because of evidence that ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►eje.org S Kidambi, H Raff, JW Findling - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2007 - eje.org Objective: Cushing's syndrome (CS) is difficult to diagnose due to its
nonspecific presentation. Diagnostic tests like 24-h urine free cortisol (UFC)
and the overnight 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) lack sufficient ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►endojournals.org P Giraldi… - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Context: The diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome requires highly sensitive screening
tests. Therefore, diagnostic cutoffs have been lowered to maximize sensitivity
and identify all patients. However, few studies have investigated the ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►endojournals.org L Nieman - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Because urine free cortisol cannot establish pathological hypercortisolism
unless it is quite elevated, there is a need for additional tests to confirm the
diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome. The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►endojournals.org B Gatta, O Chabre, C Cortet, M Martinie, JB … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Context: The diagnostic accuracy of the combined dexamethasone suppression test
(DST)-CRH test for the differential diagnosis between Cushing's disease (CD) and
pseudo-Cushing syndrome (PCS) has recently been debated. Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►endojournals.org SK Baid, N Sinaii, M Wade, D Rubino, LK … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Context: Although bedtime salivary cortisol measurement has been proposed as the
optimal screening test for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome, its performance
using commercially available assays has not been widely evaluated. Cited by 18 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
S Bardet, V Rohmer, F Boux de Casson, C … - La Revue de Medecine Interne, 2002 - ingentaconnect.com Purpose. - Some adrenal incidentalomas produce cortisol in mild excess
('subclinical' Cushing's adenomas) and can potentially induce osteopenia. Their
diagnosis is usually based on exclusive tumour uptake on adrenal ... Cited by 3 - Related articles
- ►endojournals.org I Chiodini, G Guglielmi, C Battista, V … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2004 - Endocrine Soc Although adrenal incidentalomas (AI) are not associated with clinically evident
syndromes, some patients display biochemical features of subclinical
hypercortisolism (SH). Previous studies indicated a negative effect of SH ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►endojournals.org D Erickson, N Natt, T Nippoldt, WF Young Jr, … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Context: The definitive diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome (CS) in the setting of
mild disease, as well as exclusion of CS in the setting of conditions that might
mimic this clinical entity (pseudo-Cushing's syndrome), continues to ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
