Corticotropin tests for hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal insufficiency: A metaanalysis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4245-4253

  Kazlauskaite, Rasa ^a,l   Evans, Arthur T ^a   Villabona, Carmen V ^a   Abdu, Tariq A M ^b   Ambrosi, Bruno ^c   Atkinson, A Brew ^d   Cheung, Hei Choi ^d,e   Clayton, Richard N ^f   Courtney, C Hamish ^d,e   Gonc, E Nazli ^g   Maghnie, Mohamad ^h   Rose, Susan R ⁱ   Soule, Steven G ^j   Tordjman, Karen ^k  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^j CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^k TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^l NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METYRAPONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57349155306     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-0710     Document Type: Article

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