The comparison of low and standard dose ACTH and glucagon stimulation tests in the evaluation of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in healthy adults

Pituitary

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-140

  Karaca, Zuleyha ^a   Lale, Ayhan ^a   Tanriverdi, Fatih ^a   Kula, Mustafa ^a   Unluhizarci, Kursad ^a   Kelestimur, Fahrettin ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ACTH stimulation test; Glucagon stimulation test; Healthy adults; HPA axis

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; HYDROCORTISONE; RECOMBINANT GLUCAGON; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCAGON; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958092068     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: 15737403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11102-010-0270-3     Document Type: Article

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