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...
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| Col·lecció: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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