Low-dose adrenocorticotropin test in patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Adrenocortical insufficiency is a serious complication of AIDS. Usually, integrity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in AIDS patients is assessed by measuring basal cortisol levels and cortisol response to 250 mug of ACTH. Recent studies suggest that a lower ACTH dose increases the sen...
Main Authors: | Fernando H. Wolff, Claudio Nhuch, Luciana P. Cadore, Cristina L. Glitz, Francisco Lhullier, Tania W. Furlanetto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000200002&lng=en&tlng=en |
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