Cushing's Syndrome Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bronstein, Marcello D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011.
• Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Oncology.; Neurosurgery.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

Cushing´s syndrome is a relatively rare clinical disorder that is associated with many co-morbidities such as systemic hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, impaired immune function and growth impairment in children, all of which severely reduce quality of life and life expectancy. Cushing’s Syndrom...