Early and midterm nonremission after transsphenoidal surgery in people with Cushing’s disease may be predicted by normalized early postoperative values for adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol, ...

To measure the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol (F) cord plasma levels in preterm and term infants in relation to their mode of delivery. We studied 180 newborns appropriate for ...

IN most patients with Cushing's disease ∥ urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (17OHCS) are readily suppressed by 8 mg. of dexamethasone per day. However, Liddle, 1 in 1960, predicted that the excessive ...

More than 70% of patients with Cushing's disease (CD) receiving long-term treatment with mifepristone (Korlym, Corcept Therapeutics) experienced at least a 2-fold elevation in plasma ...

We agree with the interpretation of the short ACTH stimulation test described by Deeba Syeda and associates. In the case that we described,1 a long ACTH stimulation test was unnecessary because of the ...

THE association of adrenal hyperplasia with basophil tumors of the pituitary gland was first suggested by Cushing. 1 This type of tumor has since been thought to be at least one cause of Cushing's ...

A 47-year-old woman was referred for assessment for Cushing syndrome. The patient’s history included well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus, for which she took two hypoglycemic agents orally, and ...

June 15, 2012 — The American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society have released new guidelines on the medical management of infantile spasms in children. The guideline updates the last ...