STUDY OF ADRENAL FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH MENINGITIS
- 1 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics
- Vol. 40 (2) , 163-183
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.40.2.163
Abstract
Adrenal function in steroid-untreated fulminating meningococcemic patients was studied and compared with that in other types of bacterial meningitis and in asceptic meningoencephalitis. Concentration of cortisol in plasma, urinary excretion of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids, cortisol production rates, and urinary excretion of catecholamines were determined.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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