Author's reply to 'Testing for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in asthmatic children'

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 468-470

  Zöllner, Ekkehard Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; PREDNISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM SUPPRESSION; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 47249086866     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00725.x     Document Type: Letter

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