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Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (oCRH) Stimulation Test

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This test is performed to differentiate Cushing’s disease from ectopic and adrenal Cushing’s syndrome.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Ahmet Bahadir Ergin, Amir H. Hamrahian & A. Laurence Kennedy

  2. Department of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Manjula K. Gupta

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Ergin, A., Hamrahian, A., Kennedy, A., Gupta, M. (2015). Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (oCRH) Stimulation Test. In: The Cleveland Clinic Manual of Dynamic Endocrine Testing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13048-4_9

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