Testing for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in asthmatic children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 466-467

  Priftis, Kostas N ^a   Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^b   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^b   Chrousos, George P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; METYRAPONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM SUPPRESSION; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COSYNTROPIN; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; METYRAPONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 47249147569     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2008.00726.x     Document Type: Letter

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