Low immediate postoperative serum-cortisol nadir predicts the short-term, but not long-term, remission after pituitary surgery for Cushing’s disease

BACKGROUND: Cushing’s disease is an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma, and the primary treatment is microscopic or endoscopic transsphenoidal selective adenectomy. The aims of the present study were to evaluate whether the early postoperative S-cortisol level can serve as a prognostic marker for shor...

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Autores principales: Ramm-Pettersen, Jon, Halvorsen, Helene, Evang, Johan Arild, Rønning, Pål, Hol, Per Kristian, Bollerslev, Jens, Berg-Johnsen, Jon, Helseth, Eirik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26499317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-015-0055-9

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