Hair analysis provides a historical record of cortisol levels in cushing's syndrome

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-138

  Thomson, S ^a   Koren, G ^a,d   Fraser, L A ^a   Rieder, M ^a   Friedman, T C ^b   Van Uum, S H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Cancer; Cushing hair; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Pituitary adenoma

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CUSHING SYNDROME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77649163490     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220771     Document Type: Article

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