Pharmacokinetics, cortisol release, and hemodynamics after intravenous and subcutaneous injection of human corticotropin-releasing factor in humans

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 499-510

  Angst, Martin S ^a   Dyck, John B ^b   Azarnoff, Daniel L ^b   Goldblum, Ronald ^b   Ho, Bert ^b   Gfroerer, Thomas ^b   Linton, Elizabeth A ^b   Glynn, Brendan P ^b   Shafer, Steven L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031771533     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9236(98)90133-3     Document Type: Article

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