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adrenal

How to diagnose adrenal diseases

on April 4, 2011

Adrenal diseases can be some of the more difficult to diagnose in medicine because of their widely varying and sometimes non-specific symptoms, like fatigue and depression.

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pituitary_adenoma

Pituitary adenomas in 500 words or less

on March 24, 2011

Pituitary adenomas are benign, glandular tumors of the pituitary gland. They are pretty common tumors (they account for about 10% of all intracranial neoplasms). 

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dex

How does the dexamethasone suppression test work?

on March 14, 2011

  Q. I am confused as to why high-dose dexamethasone inhibits a pituitary source, but the lower dose does not.  

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steroidogenesis

Why doesn’t aldosterone secretion depend on ACTH?

on February 14, 2011

Q. I have a question about the secretion of aldosterone that I haven’t been able to figure out by searching online or looking in books (maybe I’m looking in the wrong places!).

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