The pituitary-adrenal axis in adult thalassaemic patients

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-48

  Scacchi, Massimo ^a   Danesi, Leila ^a   Cattaneo, Agnese ^a   Valassi, Elena ^a   Giraldi, Francesca Pecori ^a   Radaelli, Piero ^a   Ambrogio, Alberto ^a   D'Angelo, Emanuela ^a   Mirra, Nadia ^a   Zanaboni, Laura ^a   Cappellini, Maria D ^a   Cavagnini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FERRITIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949128588     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0646     Document Type: Article

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