Conventional RIA underestimates cortisol suppression in the presence of prednisolone [1]

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 374-

  Meijer, R J ^a   Postma, D S ^a   Kerstjens, H A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036214366     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.4.374     Document Type: Letter

References (10)

1. Comparison of short courses of oral prednisolone and fluticasone propionate in the treatment of adults with acute exacerbations of asthma in primary care
2. Fluticasone propionate reduces oral prednisone use while it improves asthma control and quality of life
3. Effects of inhaled fluticasone and oral prednisolone on clinical and inflammatory parameters in patients with asthma
4. Efficacy of inhaled fluticasone propionate in asthma results from topical and not from systemic activity
5. Comparison of inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate 1000 micrograms twice daily and oral prednisone 10 mg once daily in asthmatic patients
6. Fluticasone in asthma
7. Evaluation of a radioimmunoassay of urinary cortisol without extraction
8. Convenient chromatographic prepurification step before measurement of urinary cortisol by radioimmunoassay
9. Pharmacokinetics of intravenously administration of prednisolone in the horse as determined by radioimmunoassay