A description of the elevation of pericardial cortisol: cortisone ratio in patients with tuberculous pericarditis
Pulmonary tuberculosis is an inflammatory disease associated with an elevated cortisol/cortisone ratio at the site of infection and an array of cytokine changes. Tuberculous pericarditis is a less common but more lethal form of tuberculosis and has a similar inflammatory process in the pericardium....
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-05-01
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סדרה: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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גישה מקוונת: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1127550/full |