Serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency: Ready for prime time?

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-169

  Tritos, Nicholas A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLOBULIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

EID: 79959241930     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP10385.ED     Document Type: Editorial

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