Low levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate in plasma, and reduced sympathoadrenal response to hypoglycaemia in premenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 202-206

  Imrich, R ^a   Rovensky, J ^b   Malis, F ^b   Zlnay, M ^b   Killinger, Z ^c   Kvetnansky, R ^a   Huckova, M ^a   Vigas, M ^a   Macho, L ^a   Koska, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION DISORDER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREMENOPAUSE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 19944431133     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.019844     Document Type: Article

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