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Published in: Critical Care 1/2005

01-02-2004 | Journal club critique

Free cortisol levels should not be used to determine adrenal responsiveness

Authors: Aditya Dubey, Arthur J Boujoukos

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2005

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Hamrahian AH, Oseni TS, Arafah BM. Measurements of serum free cortisol in critically ill patients. NEJM. 2004;350:1629-38. …
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Metadata
Title
Free cortisol levels should not be used to determine adrenal responsiveness
Authors
Aditya Dubey
Arthur J Boujoukos
Publication date
01-02-2004
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2005
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc3040

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