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Complications of Cushing's syndrome: state of the art. [PDF]
Cushing's syndrome is a serious endocrine disease caused by chronic, autonomous, and excessive secretion of cortisol. The syndrome is associated with increased mortality and impaired quality of life because of the occurrence of comorbidities.
R. Pivonello +5 more
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Corticotropinoma as a Component of Carney Complex. [PDF]
Known germline gene abnormalities cause one-fifth of the pituitary adenomas in children and adolescents, but, in contrast with other pituitary tumor types, the genetic causes of corticotropinomas are largely unknown.
Chittiboina, Prashant +11 more
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia-1 (MEN1) is an autosomal dominant syndrome with classic triad of parathyroid hyperplasia, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and pituitary adenomas.
Sandeep Kharb +6 more
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A 32-year-old female, gravid two, para one, with Cushing’s syndrome (CS) was admitted to our hospital at 25 week of gestation with severe hypercortisolism. Basal urinary free cortisol (UFC) was elevated about 10 times above the upper limit of normal in two separate times and plasma cortisol failed to suppress after an overnight 1mg dexamethasone ...
Fatemeh Esfahanian +3 more
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Pediatric Cushing disease: disparities in disease severity and outcomes in the Hispanic and African-American populations. [PDF]
BackgroundLittle is known about the contribution of racial and socioeconomic disparities to severity and outcomes in children with Cushing disease (CD).MethodsA total of 129 children with CD, 45 Hispanic/Latino or African-American (HI/AA) and 84 non ...
Alexander S Karageorgiadis +37 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi +5 more
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Treatment of Cushing's Syndrome: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.
OBJECTIVE The objective is to formulate clinical practice guidelines for treating Cushing's syndrome. PARTICIPANTS Participants include an Endocrine Society-appointed Task Force of experts, a methodologist, and a medical writer.
L. Nieman +6 more
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Aortic pulse wave velocity in children with Cushing syndrome: A window into a marker of early cardiovascular disease. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo investigate early signs of cardiovascular arterial remodelling in paediatric patients with Cushing syndrome (CS) in comparison with normative values from healthy children.Study designThe metrics used to assess cardiac health were from ...
Bandettini, Wiphada Patricia +10 more
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Non-invasive diagnostic strategy in ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome.
CONTEXT Inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) is used to diagnose Cushing's disease (CD) when dexamethasone-suppression and CRH tests, and pituitary MRI, are negative or give discordant results.
Caroline Frete +7 more
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Prolonged adrenal insufficiency after unilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing′s Syndrome
The contralateral healthy adrenal in patients undergoing unilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing′s is known to be suppressed temporarily and forms the basis of peri and postoperative steroids.
Bindu Kulshreshtha +3 more
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