Suppression of adrenal function by low-dose prednisone: Assessment with 24-hour urinary steroid hormone profiles - A review of five cases

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-46

  Friel, Patrick N ^a,b   Alexander, Thomas ^c,d   Wright, Jonathan V ^c,d  

^a Washington State Toxicology Lab   (United States)

^b Tahoma Clinic ^*  (United States)

^c Tahoma Clinic   (United States)

^d Meridian Valley Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTISONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID HORMONE; TETRAHYDROCORTICOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ADULT; BONE METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRUG DOSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; METABOLITE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; STEROID URINE LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; ANDROSTERONE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORTISONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE;

EID: 33645758444     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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