Circulating levels of adrenomedullin in patients with Addison's disease before and after corticosteroid treatment

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-148

  Letizia, C ^a,b   Cerci, S ^a   Centanni, M ^a   De Toma, G ^a   Subioli, S ^a   Scuro, L ^a   Scavo, D ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031914133     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.3531170.x     Document Type: Article

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