Clinical Utility of the Adrenocorticotropin Stimulation Test with/without Dexamethasone Suppression for Definitive and Subtype Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism

The adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) stimulation test (AST) has been reported to be useful for diagnosing primary aldosteronism (PA), particularly for differentiating PA subtypes under 1-mg dexamethasone suppression (DS). The aim of our study was to clarify the effect of 1-mg DS on AST results. A retrospe...

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Autores principales: Inoue, Kosuke, Omura, Masao, Sugisawa, Chiho, Tsurutani, Yuya, Saito, Jun, Nishikawa, Tetsuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28468286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18050948

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28468286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18050948

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