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Salivary Cortisol Based Early ACTH Test for Identifying Adrenal Insufficiency in Low Birth Weight Infants

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  1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

    Ori Hochwald

  2. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Ori Hochwald, Liisa Holsti & Horacio Osiovich

  3. Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Liisa Holsti

  4. Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Liisa Holsti

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Hochwald, O., Holsti, L. & Osiovich, H. Salivary Cortisol Based Early ACTH Test for Identifying Adrenal Insufficiency in Low Birth Weight Infants. Indian J Pediatr 83, 1491–1492 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2177-0

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