Early morning salivary cortisol and cortisone, and adrenal responses to a simplified low-dose short Synacthen test in children with asthma

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 376-383

  Blair, Joanne ^a,e   Lancaster, Gillian ^b   Titman, Andrew ^b   Peak, Matthew ^c   Newlands, Paul ^c   Collingwood, Catherine ^c   Chesters, Christine ^c   Moorcroft, Teresa ^c   Wallin, Naomi ^c   Hawcutt, Daniel ^c   Gardner, Christopher ^a   Didi, Mohammed ^a   Lacy, David ^d   Couriel, Jonathan ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HYDROCORTISONE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PREDNISOLONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LOW DOSE SHORT SYNACTHEN TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANDROSTADIENES; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTISONE; COSYNTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; SALIVA;

EID: 84897069998     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12302     Document Type: Article

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