Measurement of salivary cortisol in 2012 - Laboratory techniques and clinical indications

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 645-651

  Inder, Warrick J ^a,b   Dimeski, Goce ^b,c   Russell, Anthony ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Pathology Queensland ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLOBULIN; HYDROCORTISONE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CUSHING DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DRINKING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FREEZE THAWING; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SMOKING; STRESS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA;

EID: 84867240306     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04508.x     Document Type: Review

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