ey0021.8-5 | Important for Clinical Practice | ESPEYB21
TJ Upton
, E Zavala
, P Methlie
, O Kampe
, S Tsagarakis
, M Oksnes
, S Bensing
, DA Vassiliadi
, MA Grytaas
, IR Botusan
, G Ueland
, K Berinder
, K Simunkova
, M Balomenaki
, D Margaritopoulos
, N Henne
, R Crossley
, G Russell
, ES Husebye
, SL Lightman
Brief Summary: This paper describes a novel ambulatory fraction collector that can be used with microdialysis to obtain high resolution steroid profiles over a 24-hour period.Comment: The natural circadian and ultradian secretion of adrenal hormones makes single timepoint measurements of these hormones uninformative for clinical decision making (1-3). Repeated sampling during the day requires admission into an atypical, and often disruptive, clinical set...