Cortisol response to ACTH stimulation correlates with blood interleukin 6 concentration in healthy humans

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 649-652

  Žarković, Miloš ^a   Ignjatović, Svetlana ^a,b   Dajak, Marijana ^a   Ćirić, Jasmina ^a   Beleslin, Biljana ^a   Savić, Slavica ^a   Stojković, Mirjana ^a   Bulat, Petar ^c   Trbojević, Božo ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Occupational Health   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 56749092171     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0544     Document Type: Article

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