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ea0026p39 | Adrenal cortex | ECE2011

Quality of life in patients in long-term remission of Cushing’s syndrome is impaired, regardless of etiology, treatment strategy or remaining hormonal deficiencies

Wagenmakers M , Netea-Maier R , Dekkers T , den Heijer M , Hermus A

Background: Impaired health related quality of life (QOL) in patients in long-term remission of Cushing’s syndrome (CS) has previously been reported. However, the major determinants of the impaired QOL have not yet been established.Aim: To investigate QOL of patients in long-term remission of CS treated in our hospital (1969–2007) and to investigate the influence of the etiology of CS, treatment strategy, coexistent hypopituitarism and glucocor...