PMC10319132_01
Five reported patients with alcohol-induced hypercortisolism (AIH) lacked a significant ACTH and cortisol response to dDAVP (10 mcg IV) compared to five randomly selected patients with surgically confirmed Cushing disease (CD). For details about each case, please see the 
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Of great importance was that the five patients who were tested had a subnormal plasma ACTH or serum cortisol response to dDAVP stimulation ( Figure 1 ).