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Pruebas de diagnóstico para el hiperadrenocorticismo canino: caso clínico
(Universidad de Sucre, 2022-05-14)
Spontaneous and cytokine induced natural killer cytotoxicity in patients with Cushing´s disease
(Lippincott Williams, 2003-11)
Patients with endogenous hypercortisolism are prone to develop infectious diseases. In this study, we investigated the spontaneous and in vitro response to interleukin-2 (LAK) or interferon -a (IFN-a NK) natural killer ...
Desenvolvimento de um radioimunoensaio de dexametasona no soro como subsídio para o diagnóstico da síndrome de Cushing
(Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia ClínicaSociedade Brasileira de PatologiaSociedade Brasileira de Citopatologia, 2011-10-01)
INTRODUCTION: The 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DxST) is widely used to screen Cushing's syndrome (CS) due to its high diagnostic accuracy. CS is an endocrine-metabolic disorder caused by hypercorticism, which is ...
Fatal factitious Cushing syndrome (Münchhausen’s syndrome) in a patient with macroprolactinoma and silent corticotrophinoma: case report and literature review
(2015-06-04)
Abstract
Münchhausen’s syndrome (MS) is a chronic factitious disorder characterized by the intentional production of clinical symptoms without external incentive. One type of MS is factitious Cushing syndrome, ...
Mifepristone for treatment of metabolic syndrome: beyond cushing’s syndrome
(Frontiers Media, 2020)
A growing body of research indicates that cortisol, the glucocorticoid product of the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, plays a role in the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome. In this regard, chronic ...