The long-term predictive accuracy of the short synacthen (corticotropin) stimulation test for assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.

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  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

• Publication date

  2006-12-04

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1210/JC.2005-1131PMID 16249286
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