Estimation of maximal cortisol secretion rate in healthy humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1285-1293

  Dorin, Richard I ^a   Qiao, Zhi ^a   Qualls, Clifford R ^b   Urban III, Frank K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMAL CORTISOL SECRETION RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADULT; COSYNTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84859557731     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2227     Document Type: Article

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