Urinary free cortisol is a reliable index of adrenal cortisol production in patients with liver cirrhosis.
Maria MichailidouIoanna AggeletopoulouMaria KouskouraKonstantinos ZisimopoulosEfthymios P TsounisKaterina KaraivazoglouEvanthia TourkochristouMartha MandellouGeorgia DiamantopoulouNikolaos KoutrasMarina MichalakiCharalampos GogosDimitrios VelissarisCatherine K MarkopoulouKonstantinos ThomopoulosChristos TriantosPublished in: Endocrine (2022)
This study suggests that 24 h urinary free cortisol could be considered as a potential index of adrenal cortisol production in patients with liver cirrhosis and it potentially detects patients with a high mortality risk.
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