Interpretation of the short Synacthen test in the presence of low cortisol-binding globulin: Two case reports

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 416-419

  Moisey, Robert ^a   Wright, Dianne ^a   Aye, Mo ^a   Murphy, Elaine ^a   Peacey, Steven R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; STEROID BINDING PROTEIN; TETRACOSACTIDE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID STIMULATING IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 33749524373     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456306778519964     Document Type: Article

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