Serum cortisol binding capacity measured with Concanavalin A-Sepharose in patients with a recent inflammatory response

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 9-20

  Bladon, P T ^a   Rowlands, T E ^b   Whittaker, June A ^b   Oakey, R E ^b,c  

^a BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Steroid Endocrinology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Available cortisol; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Inflammation; Ligand binding; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELASTASE; TRANSCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 0030607126     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(96)06347-4     Document Type: Article

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