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MON-187 Prevalence and Assessment of Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Tests for Screening Endogenous Hypercortisolism When Serum Dexamethasone Is Below Threshold
Background: The 1mg-dexamethasone (DXA) suppression test (DST) is used to verify cortisol (F) autonomy in Cushing’s syndrome (CS) and subclinical hypercortisolism (SCH) of adrenal incidentalomas (AI), based on the ability of DXA to suppress F by inhibiting the HPA axis. A post-DST serum F >1.8 μg...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7208616/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.1768 |