Late-night salivary cortisol as a screening test for Cushing's syndrome

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2681-2686

  Raff, Hershel ^a,b   Raff, Jonathan L ^a   Findling, James W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b St Luke's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; TUBE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA;

EID: 0031726329     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.8.2681     Document Type: Article

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