Serum free cortisol as an ancillary tool in the interpretation of the low-dose 1-μg ACTH test

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-300

  Limor, Rona ^a   Tordjman, Karen ^a   Marcus, Yonit ^a   Greenman, Yona ^a   Osher, Etty ^a   Sofer, Yael ^a   Stern, Naftali ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVARY GLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79961214928     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04080.x     Document Type: Article

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