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Defining Relative Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically III: The ACTH Test Revisited

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Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    M. F. C. de Jong, A. Beishuizen & A. B. J. Groeneveld

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

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de Jong, M.F.C., Beishuizen, A., Groeneveld, A.B.J. (2006). Defining Relative Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically III: The ACTH Test Revisited. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 2006. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33396-7_50

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