Anterior and posterior pituitary function testing with simultaneous insulin tolerance test and a novel copeptin assay

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2640-2643

  Katan, Mira ^a   Morgenthaler, Nils G ^b   Dixit, Kashinath C S ^c   Rutishauser, Jonas ^a   Brabant, Georg E ^c   Müller, Beat ^a   Christ Crain, Mirjam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Brahms AG   (Germany)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPEPTIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN INFUSION; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULATION;

EID: 34447119566     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2046     Document Type: Article

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