Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis following glucocorticoid prophylaxis against acute mountain sickness

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 318-324

  Basu, M ^a   Sawhney, R C ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Pal, K ^a   Prasad, R ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute Mountain Sickness; Glucocorticoids; High Altitude; HPA Axis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NORADRENALIN; PREDNISOLONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; ADRENAL GLAND; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; KINETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOTROPIN; EPINEPHRINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS, SYNTHETIC; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULIN; KINETICS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY GLAND; PLACEBOS; PREDNISOLONE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035988641     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33260     Document Type: Article

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