Relative eosinophilla and functional adrenal insufficiency in critically ill patients

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9165, 1999, Pages 1675-1676

  Beishuizen, Albertus ^b   Vermes, István ^a   Hylkema, Bonno S ^b   Haanen, Clemens ^b  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; EOSINOPHIL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033561805     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01346-X     Document Type: Article

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