Endocrine Abstracts

Rationale: In chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) there is a great controversy about the role of the ACTH/cortisol axis. To examine this phenomena we performed ITT tests in CFS patients with low fasting cortisol (<20 μg/dl). A group of CFS patients with other hypofysal dysfunction were also examined.Methods: One hundred and one patients who underwent classical fasting ITT were registered and analyzed: glucose, cortisol, ACTH and GH were measured and ...