Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (650 page)

   Evaluation of glucocorticoid production and neuroendocrine function

   Evaluation of androgenic adrenal and testicular function in normal male individuals and primarily adrenal androgenic secretion in normal female individuals

   Interpretation

Increased In

   Adrenal tumor

   Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (very rare)

   Cushing syndrome

   Ovarian cancer

   Testicular cancer

   Ovarian dysfunction (polycystic ovarian disease)

Decreased In

   Addison disease

   Castration

   Hypopituitarism

   Myxedema

   Nephrosis