Changes in steroid concentrations with the timing of corticotropin stimulation testing in participants with adrenal sufficiency

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-75

  Jonklaas, Jacqueline ^a   Holst, Jennifer P ^b   Verbalis, Joseph G ^a   Pehlivanova, Marieta ^c   Soldin, Steven J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTODOXONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; AGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID RELEASE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF DAY;

EID: 84857563637     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP11085.OR     Document Type: Article

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