Late-night salivary cortisol has a better performance than urinary free cortisol in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome

PCL Elias, EZ Martinez, BFC Barone… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Context: The comparison of variability, reproducibility, and diagnostic performance of late-
night salivary cortisol (LNSF) and urinary free cortisol (UFC) using concurrent and …

Reproducibility of nighttime salivary cortisol and its use in the diagnosis of hypercortisolism compared with urinary free cortisol and overnight dexamethasone …

A Viardot, P Huber, JJ Puder, H Zulewski… - The Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background/Methods: Nighttime salivary cortisol (NSC) has been suggested to be a useful
diagnostic test for Cushing's syndrome (CS). In the absence of published data on its day-to …

The diagnostic accuracy of increased late night salivary cortisol for Cushing's syndrome: a real-life prospective study

F Ceccato, G Marcelli, M Martino, C Concettoni… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction and aim A prompt diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome (CS) in high-risk
populations is mandatory: 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test (1-mg DST), late night …

Late‐night salivary cortisol for diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry assay

D Erickson, RJ Singh, A Sathananthan… - Clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Late‐night salivary cortisol (LNSC) measurements have been increasingly
used by physicians as an initial diagnostic test for evaluation of patients with clinical …

Diagnostic characteristics of late-night salivary cortisol using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

RK Zerikly, L Amiri, C Faiman, M Gupta… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The objective of the study was to describe the diagnostic performance of a
commercially available late-night salivary cortisol (NSC) assay using liquid chromatography …

Reproducibility and performance of one or two samples of salivary cortisol in the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome using an automated immunoassay system

CA Carrasco, M García, M Goycoolea, J Cerda… - Endocrine, 2012 - Springer
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the variability and reproducibility of late night
salivary cortisol (LNSC) using electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) and …

Midnight Salivary Cortisol Versus Urinary Free and Midnight Serum Cortisol as Screening Tests for Cushing's Syndrome

P Putignano, P Toja, A Dubini, FP Giraldi… - The Journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome (CS) is often a challenge. Recently, the determination
of late night salivary cortisol levels has been reported to be a sensitive and convenient …

Late-night salivary cortisol as a screening test for Cushing's syndrome

H Raff, JL Raff, JW Findling - The Journal of Clinical …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
abstract The clinical features of Cushing's syndrome (such as obesity, hypertension, and
diabetes) are commonly encountered in clinical practice. Patients with Cushing's syndrome …

Prospective evaluation of late-night salivary cortisol and cortisone by EIA and LC-MS/MS in suspected Cushing syndrome

J Kannankeril, T Carroll, JW Findling… - Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context Late-night salivary cortisol (LNSC) measured by enzyme immunoassay (EIA-F) is a
first-line screening test for Cushing syndrome (CS) with a reported sensitivity and specificity …

Limitations of nocturnal salivary cortisol and urine free cortisol in the diagnosis of mild Cushing's syndrome

S Kidambi, H Raff, JW Findling - European Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Objective Cushing's syndrome (CS) is difficult to diagnose due to its nonspecific
presentation. Diagnostic tests like 24-h urine free cortisol (UFC) and the overnight 1 mg …