Adrenocortical dysfunction in liver disease: A systematic review

Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1282-1291

  Fede, Giuseppe ^a,b   Spadaro, Luisa ^a   Tomaselli, Tania ^a   Privitera, Graziella ^a   Germani, Giacomo ^b   Tsochatzis, Emmanuel ^b   Thomas, Michael ^c   Bouloux, Pierre Marc ^c   Burroughs, Andrew K ^b   Purrello, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL FUNCTION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMBASE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 84859142168     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25573     Document Type: Review

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