Determination of cortisol in serum, saliva and urine

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 795-801

  Turpeinen, Ursula ^a   Hämäläinen, Esa ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

HPLC; LC MS MS; serum cortisol; urinary cortisol

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DICHLOROMETHANE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENCE; RELIABILITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

HPLC; LC-MS/MS; SERUM CORTISOL; URINARY CORTISOL;

ADDISON DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CUSHING SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84888351507     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.10.008     Document Type: Review

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