Serum cortisol concentrations in children with chronic renal insufficiency.
Children with chronic renal insufficiency have a normal diurnal rhythm and normal nocturnal values for serum cortisol when determined by competitive protein binding. Falsely raised values were obtained when a fluorimetric technique was used for the cortisol determination in these patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D005470:Fluorometry; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011485:Protein Binding
D006854:Hydrocortisone