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Adrenal Gland Hyperfunction

Known as: HYPERCORTISONISM, Hypercortisolemia, Hypercortisolism 
Excess production of ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES such as ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; and/or ANDROSTENEDIONE. Hyperadrenal… 
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Narrower (2)

ACTH Syndrome, EctopicHyperaldosteronism
ACTH-Secreting Pituitary AdenomaACTH-producing pituitary tumorAdenoma, BasophilAdrenal Cortex Diseases

Broader (4)

Adrenal Gland DiseasesAdrenal cortical hypofunctionEndocrine System Diseaseshyperfunction

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Metabolic Abnormalities and the Role of Leptin in Human Obesity
While the hyperleptinemia of obesity is likely to be associated with the metabolic complications of obesity/hyperinsulinemia… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Involvement of high density lipoprotein as substrate cholesterol for steroidogenesis by bovine adrenal fasciculo-reticularis cells.
Review
1996
Review
1996
Neuropeptide abnormalities in anorexia nervosa
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The pathophysiology of pseudotumor cerebri. An unsolved puzzle.
It has been a long-standing challenge to clinicians and investigators to explain the pathophysiology of the diverse syndromes… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Ectopic adrenocorticotropin production: disappearance after removal of inflammatory tissue.
A patient presented with the clinical and laboratory features of the ectopic ACTH syndrome. No ACTH-producing tumor was found… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Dual sites of inhibition by metyrapone of human adrenal steroidogenesis: correlation of in vivo and in vitro studies.
In a patient with pituitary ACTH-dependent adrenal hyperplasia (AH), the standard oral metyrapone test resulted in a decrease in… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Cushing's syndrome. An evaluation of the clinical usefulness of urinary free cortisol and other urinary steroid measurements in diagnosis.
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Skeletal dynamics in man measured by nonradioactive strontium.
Skeletal dynamics were calculated by usual dilution formulas, using stable strontium as a tracer, in 25 normal subjects, 14… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Studies of the adrenal hyperfunction in 2 patients with atypical Cushing's syndrome.
The variation in both the clinical and biochemical response to administered adrenal steroids or corticotropin suggests that… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
THE COURSE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS DURING FOUR YEARS OF INDUCED HYPERADRENALISM (IHA)
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