Defining relative adrenal insufficiency in the critically III: The ACTH test revisited

Intensive Care Medicine: Annual Update 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 539-551

  De Jong, M F C ^a   Beishuizen, A ^a   Groeneveld, A B J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84892211089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-35096-9_50     Document Type: Chapter

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