Altered responsiveness of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic adrenomedullary system to stress in patients with atopic dermatitis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4245-4251

  Buske Kirschbaum, Angelika ^a   Geiben, Andrea ^a   Höllig, Heike ^a   Morschhäuser, Ellen ^a   Hellhammer, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; STEROID;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036738399     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2001-010872     Document Type: Article

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