Functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and growth hormone axes in frequently unexplained disorders: Results of a population study

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 447-454

  Aggarwal, V R ^a   MacFarlane, G J ^b   Tajar, A ^c   Mulvey, M R ^d   Power, A ^e,f   Ray, D ^e   McBeth, J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC OROFACIAL PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; AGED; CHEMISTRY; FATIGUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACIAL PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 84898895605     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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