The influence of high dose inhaled corticosteroids on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in asthma
The studies in this thesis investigated the influence of high dose inhaled corticosteroids (HDICS) on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. The function of this axis was assessed by measuring 0900 h serum cortisol, 24 h urinary free cortisol excretion and the short tetracosactrin test and, in some...
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University of Aberdeen
1993
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386317 |