Review: Replication of cortisol circadian rhythm: New advances in hydrocortisone replacement therapy

Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 129-138

  Chan, Sharon ^a   Debono, Miguel ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

central clock; circadian rhythm; cortisol; hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; modified release hydrocortisone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BMAL1 GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DELAYED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER; SLEEP DISORDER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 79952856177     PISSN: 20420188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2042018810380214     Document Type: Review

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