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The short Synacthen (corticotropin) test can be used to predict recovery of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis function

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The 250μg Short Synacthen (corticotropin) Test (SST) is the most commonly used tool to assess hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function. There are many potentially reversible causes of adrenal insufficiency (AI), but currently no data to guide clinicians as to the frequency of repeat testing or likelihood of HPA axis recovery.To use the SST results to predict recovery of adrenal function.A retrospective analysis of data from 1912 SSTs.776 patients with reversible causes of AI were ide...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1210/jc.2018-00529

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
RDM; OCDEM
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Tomlinson, J
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MR/P011462/1
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Tomlinson, J
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MR/P011462/1
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Pofi, R
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism More from this journal
Volume:
103
Issue:
8
Pages:
3050–3059
Publication date:
2018-05-25
Acceptance date:
2018-05-22
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EISSN:
1945-7197
ISSN:
0021-972X
Pmid:
29846658
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English
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pubs:854632
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uuid:9da42fdb-bbca-46c4-949a-529d88170dae
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854632
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2018-06-15

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