The Reliability of Salivary Cortisol Compared to Serum Cortisol for Diagnosing Adrenal Insufficiency with the Gold Standard ACTH Stimulation Test in Children

The ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) stimulation test is the gold standard for the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency (AI), performed with ACTH high dose (HDT) or low dose (LDT). As salivary cortisol has been proposed as an alternative to serum cortisol, our aim was to evaluate the reliability of...

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Main Authors: Silvia Ciancia (Author), Sjoerd A. A. van den Berg (Author), Erica L. T. van den Akker (Author)
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Published: MDPI AG, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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