Adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test during high-dose glucocorticoid therapy

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-127

  Villabona, Carmen V ^a   Koh, Chung ^a   Panergo, Jessel ^b   Reddy, Arati ^a   Fogelfeld, Leon ^a,b   Stroger Jr , John H ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENINGIOMA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VOMITING; BRAIN DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67549115865     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.15.2.122     Document Type: Article

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