Hypothalamic-adenohypophysial function of corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) - ACTH system in hypoxic coma

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Nishioka, Hiroshi ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^b   Ikeda, Yuusuke ^a   Koike, Sousuke ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOXIA; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030026867     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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