Overnight urinary free cortisol determination: A screening test for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome
- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 48 (4) , 503-508
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00401.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The collection of urine over 24 h to measure free cortisol (UFC) is used to diagnose Cushing's syndrome. However, a complete collection of urine is not easy to achieve and the sampling is ...Keywords
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