It is time to carpe diem with porcine ACTH – A comparison of porcine sequence corticotropin to tetracosactide hexaacetate in testing the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis in healthy individuals

Context: Our literature search revealed that the use of porcine sequence corticotropin has not been validated against tetracosactide hexaacetate in a healthy population. Aims: To study the efficacy of using porcine sequence corticotropin in comparison with tetracosactide hexaacetate in the evaluatio...

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Main Authors: Nalini B Wagmode, Vivek Mathew, Ganapathy Bantwal, Vageesh Ayyar, Belinda George, C P Patanjali, John Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2018;volume=22;issue=5;spage=636;epage=640;aulast=Wagmode