Overnight urinary 11-hydroxycorticosteroid estimations in diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome.
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Overnight specimens of urine were collected from control, obese, and hirsute women and from 11 women with Cushing's syndrome. Urinary 11-hydroxycorticosteroid levels in the group with Cushing's syndrome were significantly higher than in the other three groups. This simple test has proved invaluable when screening for Cushing's syndrome in a busy outpatient clinic.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 2 6037 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976