Salivary cortisol - an alternative to serum cortisol determinations in dynamic function tests

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Aardal Eriksson, Elisabeth ^a   Karlberg, Bengt E ^a   Holm, Ann Charlotte ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dynamic function test; Saliva; Serum

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; EDETIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FUNCTION TEST; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 0031804184     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.037     Document Type: Article

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