Salivary cortisol determined by enzyme immunoassay is preferable to serum total cortisol for assessment of dynamic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 336-341

  Gozansky, Wendolyn S ^a,c   Lynn, J S ^b   Laudenslager, M L ^a   Kohrt, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box B179 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24144469091     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02349.x     Document Type: Article

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