Mifepristone reduces insulin resistance in patient volunteers with adrenal incidentalomas that secrete low levels of cortisol: a pilot study.

Incidental adrenal masses are commonly detected during imaging for other pathologies. 10% of the elderly population has an 'adrenal incidentaloma', up to 20% of these show low-grade autonomous cortisol secretion and 60% of patients with autonomous cortisol secretion have insulin resistance...

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Main Authors: Miguel Debono, Rita Chadarevian, Richard Eastell, Richard J Ross, John Newell-Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3618218?pdf=render