Low-dose dexamethasone test with 'inverse' results: A possible new pattern of cortisol response

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 489-491

  Mueller, C ^a   Sieber Ruckstuhl, N ^a   Wenger, M ^a   Kaser Hotz, B ^a   Reusch, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOTANE; TRILOSTANE;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 33750076637     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.15.489     Document Type: Article

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