Patient with isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency who was depressive before glucocorticoid replacement, and exhibited stupor during continuous ACTH test

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 535-

  Miyasaka, Masaki ^a   Kojima, Kazuyasu ^a   Yasuda, Mutsuko ^a   Oji, Tomoatsu ^a   Yakushiji, Fumiatsu ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; MALE; STUPOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; COSYNTROPIN; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUPOR;

EID: 80051979419     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2011.02230.x     Document Type: Letter

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