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Peak cortisol response to corticotropin-releasing hormone is associated with age and body size in children referred for clinical testing: a retrospective review

BACKGROUND: Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) testing is used to evaluate suspected adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency, but the clinical characteristics that affect response in young children are incompletely understood. Our objective was to determine the effect of age and body size o...

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Autores principales: Vajravelu, Mary Ellen, Tobolski, Jared, Burrows, Evanette, Chilutti, Marianne, Xiao, Rui, Bamba, Vaneeta, Willi, Steven, Palladino, Andrew, Burnham, Jon M., McCormack, Shana E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13633-015-0018-y