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Endogenous cortisol profile in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy
1Dr R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Aim:
To study the endogenous cortisol levels in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR).
Methods:
Endogenous cortisol levels in urine and plasma were determined in 30 patients with acute CSCR and compared with 30 age and sex matched controls.
Results:
The mean values of the 8 am plasma cortisol (29.97 micrograms/dl v 18.76 micrograms/dl), 11 pm plasma cortisol (22.03 micrograms/dl v 13.06 micrograms/dl), and 24 hour urine cortisol (11.01 mg/24 h v 7.39 mg/24 h) revealed significantly higher values in the patient group (p < 0.001).
Conclusions:
Increased levels of endogenous cortisol are present in patients with CSCR.
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