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Decreased levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate in severe critical illness: a sign of exhausted adrenal reserve?

INTRODUCTION: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulphate (DHEAS) are pleiotropic adrenal hormones with immunostimulating and antiglucocorticoid effects. The present study was conducted to evaluate the time course of DHEAS levels in critically ill patients and to study their association with the...

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Main Authors: Beishuizen, Albertus, Thijs, Lambertus G, Vermes, István
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC130144/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12398784
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1530
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