The low dose ACTH test in chronic fatigue syndrome and in health

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 733-737

  Scott, Lucinda V ^a   Medbak, Sami ^b   Dinan, Timothy G ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0031863525     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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