The short Synacthen Test: With 1μg or 250μg ACTH?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-

  Gerritsen, R T ^a   Vermes, I ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031025694     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329703400121     Document Type: Letter

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