Reproducibility of the low dose dexamethasone suppression test: Comparison between direct plasma and salivary cortisol assays

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-310

  Reynolds, R M ^a,c   Bendall, H E ^a   Whorwood, C B ^a   Wood, P J ^c   Walker, B R ^b   Phillips, D I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031783360     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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