Emanuele Ferrante, Valentina Morelli, Claudia Giavoli, Giovanna Mantovani, Elisa Verrua, Elisa Sala, Elena Malcmiodi, Silvia Bergamaschi, Eriselda Profka, Elisa Cairoli, Serena Palmieri, Iacopo Chiodini, Andrea-Gerardo Lania, Anna Spada, Paolo Beck-Peccoz
OBJECTIVE: The diagnosis of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal insufficiency (HPAI) is a major clinical challenge. The gold standard procedure remains insulin tolerance test (ITT). This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of standard-dose corticotrophin stimulation test (SDCT) in diagnosing HPAI …