Cortisol en cabello, una nueva herramienta para la evaluación del eje hipotálamo-hipófiso-adrenal

Cortisol is considered one of the most useful parameters to evaluate alterations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HHA) axis. Measurement of serum, salivary and urinary cortisol only provides information of short periods of time, therefore alternative matrices such as hair are proposed as it would reflect cortisol levels of the last 3 months. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of chronic stress with different pathologies...