Further references to Cushing's syndrome
Source: Diseases Database
Source: Diseases Database
Source: Office of Rare Diseases
Cushing's syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cushing's syndrome, or a subtype of Cushing's syndrome,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Source: Orphanet
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Cushing's syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Source: Other References
Cushing's Syndrome: NIDDK (Excerpt)
The following materials can be found in medical
libraries, many college and university libraries, and through interlibrary
loan in most public libraries.
Cooper, Paul R. "Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary
Adenomas," Park Ridge, Illinois: American Association of Neurological
Surgeons, 1991.
DeGroot, Leslie J., ed., et al. "Cushing's Syndrome,"
Endocrinology. Vol. 2, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company,
1995. 1741-1769.
Isselbacher, Kurt J., ed., et al. "Cushing's Syndrome
Etiology," Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. Vol.
2, No. 13, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1994. 1960-1965.
Wilson, Jean D., ed, et al. "Hyperfunction: Glucocorticoids:
Hypercortisolism (Cushing's syndrome)," Williams Textbook of
Endocrinology, No. 8, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1992; 536-562.
Conn, R.B., Gomez, T., Chrousos, G.P., "Current Diagnosis," No. 8,
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders 1991, 868-872.
NCI Research Report: Cancer of the Lung. Prepared by the Office of
Cancer Communications, National Cancer Institute, NIH Publication No.
93-526.
(Source: excerpt from Cushing's Syndrome: NIDDK)
NINDS Cushing's Syndrome Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)
Asbury, A, et al (eds)
Diseases of the Nervous System:
Clinical Neurobiology , vols. I & II, 2nd edition, W.B. Saunders Co.,
Philadelphia, pp. 191, 574-575 (vol. I), pp. 1526-1527 (vol. II) (1992)
Bradley, W, et al (eds)
Neurology in Clinical Practice:
Principles of Diagnosis and Management vols. I & II, 2nd edition,
Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, pp. 753-754, 758 (vol. I), p. 926 (vol. II)
(1996)
Orth, D.
Cushing's Syndrome New England Journal of Medicine,
332:12; 791-803 (March 23, 1995)
Rowland, L (ed)
Merritt's Textbook of Neurology 9th edition,
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, pp. 888-889, 898 (1995)
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Cushing's Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)
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