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The investigation of adrenocortical disorders
1SAS Laboratory, Department of Chemical Pathology, University College London Hospital, UK.
Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry
|October 5, 1995
Abstract:
This article reviews effective approaches to the investigation of cortisol hypersecretion (Cushing's syndrome), adrenal failure, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency. These conditions generate most of the investigations of adrenocortical function in the clinical chemistry laboratory.