Assessment of adrenocortical reserve in stable patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-250

  Fede, Giuseppe ^a   Spadaro, Luisa ^a   Tomaselli, Tania ^a   Privitera, Graziella ^a   Piro, Salvatore ^a   Rabuazzo, Agata Maria ^a   Sigalas, Alexander ^b   Xirouchakis, Elias ^b   O'Beirne, James ^b   Garcovich, Matteo ^b   Tsochatzis, Emmanuel ^b   Purrello, Francesco ^a   Burroughs, Andrew Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Hepato adrenal syndrome; Liver cirrhosis; Low dose short synacthen test; Short synacthen test

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TETRACOSACTIDE; TRANSCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 78751572645     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.06.034     Document Type: Article

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