Validation and reference ranges of hair cortisol measurement in healthy children

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-102

  Noppe, Gerard ^a,b,c   Van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^a,c   Koper, Jan Willem ^a   Manenschijn, Laura ^a   Bruining, G Jan ^b   De Rijke, Yolanda B ^a   Van Den Akker, Erica L T ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Gender; Hair cortisol; Puberty; Reference ranges

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY; AGE; HAIR CARE; HAIR CORTISOL LEVEL; PROPHYLAXIS; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAIR; METABOLISM; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION;

EID: 84906028894     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362519     Document Type: Article

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