Hypercortisolism after stroke - Partly cytokine-mediated?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-47

  Johansson, Åsa ^a   Olsson, Tommy ^a   Carlberg, Bo ^a   Karlsson, Kurt ^a   Fagerlund, Markku ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cerebrovascular disorders; Circadian rhythm; Cytokines; Hydrocortisone; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SECRETORY RATE;

EID: 0031579662     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)05308-7     Document Type: Article

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