Relative Adrenal Insufficiency amongst Hospitalized Mild to Moderate Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients.

CONCLUSION: This is the first study demonstrating the prevalence of relative adrenal insufficiency amongst acute ischemic stroke patients. Utilizing the LDST, relative adrenal insufficiency was found more sensitive in detecting relative adrenal insufficiency in patients with acute ischemic stroke as compared to SDST. PMID: 25644796 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine - February 1, 2015 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Wahab NA, Abdul Razak NZ, Sukor N, Zainudin S, Razali AM, Mustafa N, Wan Yahya WN, Kamaruddin NA Tags: Arch Iran Med Source Type: research