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[Free urinary cortisol in the diagnosis of hypercorticism]
S Subeska-Stratrova1, M Nesović, D Manojlović
1Klinika za endokrinologija i bolesti na metabolizmot, Medicinski fakultet, Skopje.
Medicinski Pregled
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
24 hour urinary free cortisol has lower values in suspect obese patients compared to patients with Cushing's syndrome. The most favourable discriminatory border value of urinary cortisol is 100 micrograms/24 hours, giving the most valid differentiation of obese patients suspected for Cushing's syndrome from patients with hypercortisismus. Free cortisol has far expressive discriminatory value compared to 17-OHCS, and it is a good screening test in differential diagnosis of obese suspected patients from patients with Cushing's syndrome.