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Improving the Interpretation of Afternoon Cortisol Levels and SSTs to Prevent Misdiagnosis of Adrenal Insufficiency

BACKGROUND: Adrenal Insufficiency (AI), especially iatrogenic-AI, is a treatable cause of mortality. The difficulty in obtaining 9 am cortisol levels means samples are taken at suboptimal times, including a substantial proportion in the afternoon. Low afternoon cortisol levels often provoke short Sy...

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Autores principales: Ramadoss, Vijay, Lazarus, Katharine, Prevost, Andrew Toby, Tan, Tricia, Meeran, Karim, Choudhury, Sirazum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8486915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34611573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvab147