Measurement of salivary cortisol concentration in the assessment of adrenal function in critically ill subjects: A surrogate marker of the circulating free cortisol

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2965-2971

  Arafah, Baha M ^a   Nishiyama, Fumie J ^a   Tlaygeh, Haytham ^b   Hejal, Rana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 34547743401     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0181     Document Type: Article

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