The dexamethasone-suppressed corticotrophin-releasing hormone stimulation test in anorexia nervosa

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 725-731

  Duclos, M ^a,b   Corcuff, J B ^c   Roger, P ^a   Tabarin, A ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0033393432     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1999.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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