Obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome show a peculiar alteration of the corticotroph but not of the thyrotroph and lactotroph function.

Lanfranco, F; Gianotti, L; Pivetti, S; Navone, F; Rossetto, R; Tassone, F; Gai, V; Ghigo, E; Maccario, M

Lanfranco, F; Gianotti, L; Pivetti, S; Navone, F; Rossetto, R; Tassone, F; Gai, V; Ghigo, E; Maccario, M.

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Lanfranco F; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) ; 60(1): 41-8, 2004 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14678286

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Obesity/complications; Sleep Apnea Syndromes/complications; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/blood; Adult; Area Under Curve; Case-Control Studies; Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; Humans; Hydrocortisone/blood; Hydrocortisone/urine; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity/physiopathology; Pituitary Gland, Anterior/drug effects; Pituitary Gland, Anterior/physiopathology; Prolactin/blood; Sleep Apnea Syndromes/physiopathology; Thyrotropin/blood; Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; Thyroxine/blood; Triiodothyronine/blood

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Obesity Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) Year: 2004 Document type: Article

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