The investigation of adrenocortical disorders.
This article reviews effective approaches to the investigation of cortisol hypersecretion (Cushing's syndrome), adrenal failure, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency. These conditions generate most of the investigations of adrenocortical function in the clinical chemistry laboratory.
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SAS Laboratory, Department of Chemical Pathology, University College London Hospital, UK.
D000303:Adrenal Cortex Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans