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Abstract 91: ACTH stimulated salivary cortisol is a better indicator of adrenal insufficiency compared to stimulated serum cortisol in subjects with cirrhosis liver

Background: There are no reliable methods in clinical practice to diagnose adrenal insufficiency (AI) in patients with cirrhosis due to variably decreased cortisol binding protein levels. This leads to unreliable results on ACTH stimulated serum cortisol test. Aims and Objectives: To estimate the Lo...

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Autores principales: Karthik, V, Jabbar, P K, Jayakumari, C, Nair, Abilash, Gomez, Ramesh, Basheer, Shameer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067878/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.342212