Urinary adrenal steroid metabolites in tuberculosis - a new clue to pathogenesis?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 333-341

  Rook, G A W ^a   Honour, J ^a   Kon, O M ^b   Wilkinson, R J ^c   Davidson, R ^c   Shaw, R J ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE DERIVATIVE; PRASTERONE; TETRAHYDROCORTISOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MOUSE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE;

EID: 0029975582     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.5.333     Document Type: Article

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