The desmopressin test in the differential diagnosis between Cushing's disease and pseudo-Cushing states
The desmopressin test in the differential diagnosis between Cushing's disease and pseudo-Cushing states
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DOI:
10.1210/jc.85.10.3569
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发表时间:
2000-10-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Cavagnini, F
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作者:
Moro, M;Putignano, P;Cavagnini, F
Differentiating Cushing's disease (CD) from pseudo-Cushing (PC) states may still be difficult in current practice. Because desmopressin (1-deamino-8D-arginine vasopressin, DDAVP), a vasopressin analogue, stimulates ACTH release in patients with CD but not in the majority of normal, obese, and depressed subjects, we investigated its ability to discriminate CD from PC states; One hundred seventy-three subjects (76 with active CD, 30 with PC, 36 with simple obesity, and 31 healthy volunteers) were tested with an iv bolus of 10 mu g DDAVP. Sixty-one of these subjects also underwent a control study with saline. DDAVP induced marked ACTH and cortisol rises in CD (P