Genetics of primary macronodular adrenal hyperplasia
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Genetics of primary macronodular adrenal hyperplasia.
ACTH-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia is a rare cause of Cushing's syndrome (CS), accounting for <2% of all endogenous CS cases; however it is more frequently identified incidentally with sub-clinical cortisol secretion. Recently, cortisol secretion has been shown to be regulated by ectopic corticotropin, which is in turn produced by clusters of steroidogenic cells of the hyperplast...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0022-0795,1479-6805
DOI: 10.1530/joe-14-0568