Salivary cortisol to assess hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis healthy children under 3 years old

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Da Silva, Margarete Lopes ^a,b,d   Mallozi, Márcia C ^c   Ferrari, Giesela F ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Jardim Patente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Pituitary adrenal axis; Saliva; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147153409     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1598     Document Type: Article

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