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ea0022p17 | Adrenal | ECE2010

Salivary cortisol in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome: clinical experience with liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry on outpatient basis

Erickson Dana , Singh Ravinder , Sathananthan Airani , Vella Adrian , Bryant Sandra

Late night salivary cortisol measurements have been increasingly used as an initial diagnostic test for the evaluation of patients with a clinical suspicion of Cushing syndrome (CS). Published studies include varying numbers of cases and controls and importantly various assay methods (usually immunoassays), as well as various methods of generating normative values.Materials and methods: We examined the diagnostic utility of salivary cortisol measurement ...