Clinical applications of cortisol measurements in hair

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2015, Pages M1-M10

  Wester, Vincent L ^a   Van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG MONITORING; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP HAIR; ANXIETY DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAIR; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAIR; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84942769779     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-15-0313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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