The Dexamethasone Suppression Test and Long-Term Contraceptive Treatment: Measurement of ACTH or Salivary Cortisol Does Not Improve the Reliability of the Test

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 94, Issue , 1989, Pages 275-280

  Nickelsen, T ^a   Lissner, W ^a   Schoffling K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Contraceptives; Dexamethasone suppression test; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA;

ADRENAL CORTEX EFFECTS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--SIDE EFFECTS; CONTROL GROUPS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEXAMETHASONE ACETATE; ENDOCRINE EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; EUROPE; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FAMILY PLANNING; GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HORMONES; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MATCHED GROUPS; MEASUREMENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES--SIDE EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STUDIES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; SALIVA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024787429     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210910     Document Type: Article

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