Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Measurement of serum cortisol levels can be useful in the diagnosis of conditions of both adrenal insufficiency and excess. Several methods are available for the measurement of the cortisol levels and immunoassays are commonly used in routine laboratories. The aim of our study was therefore to compare four different automated immunoassays for measurement of cortisol in serum.Methods: Serum samples of seventy two healthy volunteers were used f...