Comparison of Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) stimulation tests and insulin hypoglycemia in normal humans: Low dose, standard high dose, and 8-hour ACTH-(1-24) infusion tests

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3648-3655

  Nye, Elisabeth J ^a   Grice, Jeffrey E ^a   Hockings, Gregory I ^a   Strakosch, Christopher R ^a   Crosbie, Georgina V ^a   Walters, Margaret M ^a   Jackson, Richard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NEUTRAL INSULIN; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033304660     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.10.3648     Document Type: Article

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