Acute effects of megestrol on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 482-486

  Raedler, Thomas J ^a   Jahn, Holger ^a   Goedeken, Birgit ^a   Gescher, Dorothee M ^a   Kellner, Michael ^a   Wiedemann, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cancer; Cortisol; Hydrocortisone; Megestrol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MEGESTROL; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEGESTROL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0344513348     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-003-0697-6     Document Type: Article

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