Endogenous corticosteroid biosynthesis in subjects after bilateral adrenalectomy

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 659-665

  Freel, E M ^a   Bernhardt, M ^d   Ingram, R ^b   Wallace, A M ^c   Fraser, R ^a   Davies, E ^a   Connell, J M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Clinical Biochemistry Service   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18 HYDROXYHYDROCORTISONE; ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ALLOTETRAHYDROCORTISOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; RENIN; STEROID; TETRAHYDROALDOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROCORTISOL; TETRAHYDROCORTISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROIDOGENESIS; URINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASES; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RENIN; TETRAHYDROCORTISOL; TETRAHYDROCORTISONE;

EID: 34247872920     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02791.x     Document Type: Article

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