[Clinical features and diagnosis of secondary adrenal insufficiency followed complex treatment nonpituitary brain tumors].
A E YudinaM G PavlovaV M SotnikovY P SychN A MazerkinaOlga ZheludkovaN B TeryaevaAndrey GerasimovE MartynovaEkaterina KimMarina BerkovskayaPublished in: Problemy endokrinologii (2019)
45.2% of patients followed craniospinal irradiation had SAI that is characterized by a decrease in DHEA-C levels. A highly normal level of basal cortisol was observed in 45% of patients without SAI. DHEA-C and blood cortisol can be used for SAI screening.