24-Hour pituitary and adrenal hormone profiles in chronic fatigue syndrome

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-440

  Di Giorgio, Annabella ^a,b   Hudson, Marina ^b   Jerjes, Walid ^b   Cleare, Anthony J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACTH; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Circadian rhythm; Cortisol; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Neuroendocrinology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IODINE 125; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATING SCALE;

EID: 19444363250     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000161206.55324.8a     Document Type: Article

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