A case of low cortisol-binding globulin: Use of plasma free cortisol in interpretation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis tests

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-239

  Davidson, James S ^a   Bolland, Mark J ^b   Croxson, Michael S ^b   Chiu, Weldon ^a   Lewis, John G ^c  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTODOXONE; GLOBULIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; METYRAPONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 33646355949     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456306776865241     Document Type: Article

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