Evaluation of the integrity of the hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis by insulin hypoglycemia test

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2350-2354

  Erturk, Erdinc ^a,c   Jaffe, Craig A ^a   Barkan, Ariel L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031784574     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.7.2350     Document Type: Article

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