Salivary Cortisol Determination in ACTH Stimulation Test to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

PURPOSE: The prevalence of adrenal insufficiency (AI) in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis is unknown. Because these patients have lower levels of cortisol-binding carrier proteins, their total serum cortisol (TSC) correlates poorly with free serum cortisol (FC). Salivary cortisol (SaC) co...

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Autores principales: Albert, Lara, Profitós, Joaquím, Sánchez-Delgado, Jordi, Capel, Ismael, González-Clemente, José Miguel, Subías, David, Cano, Albert, Berlanga, Eugenio, Espinal, Anna, Hurtado, Marta, Pareja, Rocío, Rigla, Mercedes, Dalmau, Blai, Vergara, Mercedes, Miquel, Mireia, Casas, Meritxell, Giménez-Palop, Olga
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6609341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31320899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7251010

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6609341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31320899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7251010

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