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Comment
. 2015 Feb;100(2):395-7.
doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-3766. Epub 2014 Nov 25.

Urine free cortisol in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome: is it worth doing and, if so, how?

Hershel Raff  1 , Richard J Auchus, James W Findling, Lynnette K Nieman
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Urine free cortisol in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome: is it worth doing and, if so, how?

Hershel Raff et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Feb.
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