Clinical implications of using adrenocorticotropic hormone diagnostic cutoffs or reference intervals to diagnose pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction in mature horses

Clinical implications of using adrenocorticotropic hormone diagnostic cutoffs or reference intervals to diagnose pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction in mature horses

Abstract Background Diagnosis of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is problematic because of large variations in ACTH concentrations. Hypothesis/Objectives Compare the test characteristics of baseline and post–thyrotropin‐releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation plasma ACTH concentrations in h...

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Main Authors: Remona Horn, Allison J. Stewart, Karen V. Jackson, Elizabeth L. Dryburgh, Carlos E. Medina‐Torres, François‐René Bertin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Subjects:
diagnostic test
endocrinology
reference intervals
statistical methods
thyrotropin‐releasing hormone
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.16017

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