Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis function in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 266-272

  Bartolome Pacheco, Maria J ^a   Amado, Jose A ^a   Lopez Hoyos, Marcos ^a   Blanco, Ricardo ^a   Garcia Unzueta, Maria T ^a   Rodriguez Valverde, Vicente ^a   Martinez Taboada, Victor M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactants; Elderly; Endocrinosenescence; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PREDNISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0346890200     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sarh.2003.49993     Document Type: Article

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