The advances of research on adrenal diseases from 2010 to 2012
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2012.07.002
- VernacularTitle:2010～2012年肾上腺疾病研究进展
- Author:
Zhengpei ZENG
;
Jialun CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Adrenal disease;
Steroidogenic factor-1;
Potassium channels KCNJ5;
Aldosterone-producing adenoma;
Pheochromocytoma
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2012;28(7):526-532
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This article reviews the major advances of basal and clinical research on the adrenal diseases at home and abroad from 2010 to 2012.There are many advances including the diagnostic value of steroidogenic factor-1 in adrenal tumors,the pathogenesis and new diagnostic methods of aldosterone-producing adenoma,the treatment for severe ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome,approach to the patient with an adrenal incidentaloma and subclinical hypercortisolism,screening test for subclinical hypercortisolism in the patients with diabetes or osteoporosis,the characterization of macronodular adrenocortical hyperplasia of the zona reticularis,as well as genetic testing for pheochromocytoma and paragangliomas,etc.
