Methodological problems and clinical validity of an ACTH radioimmunoassay method applied to extracted plasma samples

MeSH terms

• Acromegaly / blood
• Addison Disease / blood
• Adenoma, Chromophobe / blood
• Adolescent
• Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / blood
• Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / blood*
• Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / isolation & purification
• Adult
• Anorexia Nervosa / blood
• Brain Neoplasms / blood
• Cushing Syndrome / blood
• Female
• Glioma / blood
• Humans
• Hypogonadism / blood
• Hypopituitarism / blood
• Hypothalamus
• Insulin
• Male
• Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes / blood
• Placental Hormones / blood
• Pregnancy
• Radioimmunoassay*