The midnight to morning urinary cortisol increment is an accurate,noninvasive method for assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3093-3098

  Kong, W M ^c   Alaghband Zadeh, J ^a   Jones, J ^a   Carter, G ^a   O'Shea, D ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

EID: 0033305320     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.9.5998     Document Type: Article

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