title: From first symptoms to final diagnosis of Cushing's disease: experiences of 176 patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany ilonka.kreitschmann@uk-essen.de.
authors.forename: Ilonka
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kreitschmann-Andermahr
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Tsambika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Psaras
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsiogka
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Starz
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kleist
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milian
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kohlmann
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Menzel
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0357-4192
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Führer-Sakel
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Honegger
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sure
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.affiliation: Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity Hospital Essen, University of Essen-Duisburg, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147 Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryHospital of Cologne-Merheim, Cologne, GermanyDepartment of EndocrinologyUniversity of Essen-Duisburg, Essen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buchfelder