Interperson variability but intraperson stability of baseline plasma cortisol concentrations, and its relation to feedback sensitivity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis to a low dose of dexamethasone in elderly individuals

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-54

  Huizenga, Nannette A T M ^a   Koper, Jan W ^a   De Lange, Pieter ^a   Pols, Huibert A P ^a   Stolk, Ronald P ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   De Jong, Frank H ^a   Lamberts, Steven W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031737777     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.1.47     Document Type: Article

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