Comparison of salivary cortisol and calculated free plasma cortisol during low-dose ACTH test in healthy subjects

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 764-767

  Kerlik, Jana ^a   Penesova, Adela ^a   Vlcek, Miroslav ^a   Imrich, Richard ^a,b   Vogeser, Michael ^c   Radikova, Zofia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH test; Calculated free cortisol; Cortisol binding proteins.; Free plasma cortisol; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORNING DOSAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; SALIVA;

EID: 77952957414     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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