title: The investigation of adrenocortical disorders.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: SAS Laboratory, Department of Chemical Pathology, University College London Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Honour
mesh_terms: D000303:Adrenal Cortex Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans