Morning cortisol levels affected by sex and pubertal status in children and young adults

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-89

  Tsai, Sarah L ^a   Seiler, Kelly J ^b   Jacobson, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Blank Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency screening; Diurnal rhythm; Morning cortisol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DRUG MEGADOSE; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MATURATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PUBERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878449573     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/Jcrpe.892     Document Type: Article

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