Nephrotic syndrome: Cause of an abnormal response to the rapid ACTH stimulation test

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 477-478

  Brennan, Aoife ^a   O'Connor, Kieran A ^a   Plant, William D ^a   O'Halloran, Domhnaill J ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hypoadrenalism; Nephrotic syndrome; Rapid ACTH stimulation test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLOBULIN; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1042268897     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg491     Document Type: Article

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