An endocrinologist's view on relative adrenocortical insufficiency in rheumatoid arthritis: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1193, Issue , 2010, Pages 134-138

  Imrich, Richard ^a,b   Vlcek, Miroslav ^a   Aldag, Jean C ^c   Kerlik, Jana ^a   Radikova, Zofia ^a   Rovensky, Jozef ^d   Vigas, Milan ^a   Masi, Alfonse T ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

ACTH test; Cortisol; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PRASTERONE; PREDNISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL FUNCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 77951248384     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05362.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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