Should you be worried about Cushing’s disease and your dog? Research shows that this hormonal disorder affects approximately ...
Agents that directly lower ACTH secretion by a pituitary adenoma represent an attractive option for the treatment of Cushing's disease, as these drugs directly target the pathogenesis of disease.
Dechra is running a series of six 30-45 minute webinars about Cushing's in dogs, starting on Tuesday 10th December. The webinars will be presented by ...
HYPOKALEMIC alkalosis has been variously reported as common 2,3 and rare 4 in Cushing's syndrome. Plotz, Knowlton and Ragan 5 reported 4 cases of severe hypokalemia in 31 patients with this disease.
There is no single gold-standard test to diagnose Cushing's syndrome. Current standard practice relies on the low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST). It has been proposed, however ...
The standard test for differentiating between pituitary and ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing's syndrome is corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)-stimulated inferior ...