Title : Acylated ghrelin as provocative test for the diagnosis of ACTH deficiency in patients with hypothalamus-pituitary disease.

Pub. Date : 2015 Nov

PMID : 25487034






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1 Acylated ghrelin as provocative test for the diagnosis of ACTH deficiency in patients with hypothalamus-pituitary disease. Ghrelin proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens
2 The best cortisol and ACTH cut offs to ghrelin test were <=11.6 microg/dl (SE 86.4%, SP 77.8%) and <=32.5 pg/ml (SE 72.7%, SP 51.9%), respectively; the best basal cortisol and ACTH cut offs were <=10.7 microg/dl (SE 90.9%, SP 70.4%) and <=25.0 pg/ml (SE 85%, SP 37%), respectively. Ghrelin proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens