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ea0020p30 | Adrenal | ECE2009

Study of hormonal activity and insulin resistance in patients harbouring incidentally discovered bilateral adrenal adenomas

Androulakis Ioannis , Papanastasiou Lambrini , Tsenilklidi Ermioni , Prevoli Anastasia , Kafritsa Paraskevi , Pappa Theodora , Tsiavos Vaios , Piaditis George

Background: Hormonal activity and insulin resistance (IR) in patients with incidentally discovered bilateral adrenal adenomas (BA) has not been evaluated until now. Therefore, we have investigated cortisol and aldosterone secretion and IR in 29 patients with BA, in 113 patients with unilateral adrenal adenomas (UA) and in 89 healthy subjects (C).Methods: All subjects underwent the following investigation: 1) Low dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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