Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis function in premenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis not treated with glucocorticoids

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-288

  Cutolo, Maurizio ^a,b   Foppiani, Luca ^a   Prete, Camilla ^a   Ballarino, Paola ^a   Sulli, Alberto ^a   Villaggio, Barbara ^a   Seriolo, Bruno ^a   Giusti, Massimo ^a   Accardo, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Division of Rheumatology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate; Hypothalamus Pituitary Adrenocortical Axis; Interleukin 12; Interleukin 6; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-6; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREMENOPAUSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032901217     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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