Radiation therapy, which is often used when surgery fails to completely remove a pituitary tumor, led to the development…
Patricia Inácio, PhD
Patricia holds her PhD in cell biology from the University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, for which she was awarded a Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) fellowship.
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Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
Patients with persistent Cushing’s disease may benefit from combining Signifor (pasireotide) with cabergoline, according to the findings of a Phase…
A 31-year-old woman exhibited unusual symptoms of Cushing’s disease following childbirth, but didn’t show some of the disease’s…
Etomidate helped normalize dangerously high cortisol levels in a woman with Cushing’s syndrome who had an adrenal gland tumor before…
A newborn girl with a rare genetic disorder called McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) developed Cushing’s syndrome, according to researchers in Turkey.
Cabergoline, which is often used as an off-label therapy for recurrent or persistent Cushing’s disease, is not associated with…
A 52-year-old man developed Cushing’s syndrome after taking Artri King, adding to the list of reports that link…
A 40-year-old woman developed exogenous, or therapy-related, Cushing’s syndrome, after taking an over-the-counter supplement called Artri King that contained undisclosed…
A 17-year old girl with Cushing’s syndrome developed atypical features of depression that were accompanied by suicide attempts and…
A rare case of Cushing’s syndrome in a 3-month-old girl was traced to a medication error involving glucocorticoid, with the…