Day 5 morning serum cortisol predicts hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function after transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 972-977

  Jayasena, Channa N ^a   Gadhvi, Kunal A ^a   Gohel, Bhavini ^a   Martin, Niamh M ^b   Mendoza, Nigel ^a   Meeran, Karim ^a   Dhillo, Waljit S ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949111298     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.117374     Document Type: Article

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