A critical analysis of cortisol measurements: An update;Medición de cortisol y sus fracciones: Una puesta al día

Medicina (Argentina)

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 579-584

  Maidana, Patricia ^a,b   Bruno, Oscar D ^b   Mesch, Viviana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Estudios Metabólicos y Endocrinos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adrenal insufficiency; Corticosteroid binding protein; Cushing syndrome; Salivary cortisol; Serum cortisol; Urinary free cortisol

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CORTICOSTEROID BINDING PROTEIN; CUSHING SYNDROME; SALIVARY CORTISOL; SERUM CORTISOL; URINARY FREE CORTISOL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; TRANSCORTIN; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84893963388     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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