Diagnosis of secondary adrenal insufficiency in patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disease: Comparison between serum and salivary cortisol during the high-dose short synacthen test

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Deutschbein, Timo ^a   Unger, Nicole ^a   Mann, Klaus ^a   Petersenn, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN ZINC; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; ROC CURVE; SALIVA;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; COSYNTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58249086113     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0600     Document Type: Article

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