Cutoff values of midnight salivary cortisol for the diagnosis of overt hypercortisolism are highly influenced by methods

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 364-367

  Beko, Gabriella ^a   Varga, Ibolya ^a   Glaz, Edit ^a   Sereg, Marta ^a   Feldman, Karolina ^a   Toth, Miklós ^a   Racz, Karoly ^a   Patocs, Attila ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cushing's syndrome; Hypercortisolism; Immunoassay; Reference range; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDNIGHT CORTISOL SALIVA LEVEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; OBESITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74849140603     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.11.033     Document Type: Article

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