One microgram is the lowest ACTH dose to cause a maximal cortisol response. There is no diurnal variation of cortisol response to submaximal ACTH stimulation

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-175

  Dickstein, Gabriel ^a,b   Spigel, Doron ^a   Arad, Eldad ^a   Shechner, Carmela ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030758093     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370172     Document Type: Article

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