Measurement of urinary free cortisol by current immunoassays: Need for sex-dependent reference ranges to define hypercortisolism

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 714-719

  Deutschbein, T ^a   Broecker Preuss, M ^a   Hartmann, M F ^b   Althoff, R ^a   Wudy, S A ^b   Mann, K ^a   Petersenn, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

age; body mass index (BMI); cortisol; gender; reference range; storage; urinary free cortisol (UFC)

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052967159     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1286297     Document Type: Article

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