Dose-response aspects in the clinical assessment of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, and the low-dose adrenocorticotropin test

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Oelkers, W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; METYRAPONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030037890     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1350027     Document Type: Review

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