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Efficacy of single serum cortisol reading obtained between 9 AM and 10 AM as an index of adrenal function in children treated with glucocorticoids or synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone

To find a simple method to screen for iatrogenic childhood adrenal insufficiency, we retrospectively examined the results of CRH stimulation tests performed 212 times on 111 subjects (68 males; age at commencement of initial treatment ranged 0.0–19.8 yr; median age, 5.8 yr). Before the commencement...

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Autores principales: Goto, Masahiro, Shibata, Nao, Hasegawa, Yukihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27507908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1297/cpe.25.83

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