Lack of menstrual cycle effects on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 781-787

  Long, Teresa D ^a   Ellingrod, Vicki L ^b,d   Kathol, Roger G ^b   Christensen, Laura E ^b   Resch, David S ^c   Perry, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d S413 Pharmacy Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INSULIN; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0034048017     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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