Open AccessRelationship between Cortisol Increment and Basal Cortisol: Implications for the Low-Dose Short Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Stimulation Test
Author(s) -
Suhail A.R. Doi,
Ibrahim Lasheen,
Khaldoon Al-Humood,
Kamal A.S. Al-Shoumer
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2005.061267
Subject(s) - adrenocorticotropic hormone , endocrinology , medicine , basal (medicine) , stimulation , hydrocortisone , saline , acth stimulation test , hormone , chemistry , insulin
We analyzed the low-dose (1 microg) rapid adrenocorticotropic hormone test (LDST) in 17 patients with a normal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to determine reference intervals for the LDST on the basis of poststimulation cortisol increments.
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