ACTH stimulation testing: A review and a study comparing synthetic and compounded ACTH products

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-147

  Hill, Kate ^a   Scott Moncrieff, J Catharine ^a   Moore, George ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENOBARBITAL; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL GLAND; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG MONITORING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STRESS;

EID: 1642298838     PISSN: 87507943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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