Experience with a rapid oral metyrapone test and the plasma ACTH content in determining the cause of Cushing's syndrome

Metabolism. 1969 Mar;18(3):175-92. doi: 10.1016/0026-0495(69)90038-9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids / blood
  • 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids / urine
  • 17-Ketosteroids / urine
  • Adenoma / complications
  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Gland Diseases / complications
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / blood*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Blood Chemical Analysis
  • Carcinoma / complications
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Cushing Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Cushing Syndrome / etiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia / complications
  • Male
  • Metyrapone*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pregnanes / urine

Substances

  • 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids
  • 17-Ketosteroids
  • Pregnanes
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
  • Metyrapone